Chairman, Board of Directors, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), Chief Kanayo O. Kanayo, has advised the Federal and state governments to have unified laws guiding operation of hospitality businesses in Nigeria.

Kanayo made this known when he addressed Hospitality and Tourism Stakeholders Summit with the theme; “Training the Manpower of the Future”, in Abuja recently.

He said the unified laws in the area of taxes and other statutory fees became necessary to guard against hostility between the various governments and operators of the industry.

According to him, the federal and state governments have yet to reach a workable agreement on a set of unified laws that will guide the industry.

He advised that Nigerians could not afford to work at cross purposes in the hospitality industry, adding that the industry has to be regulated.

Kanayo,  who calls for Public Private Partnership (PPP), said that the organisation had not exploited 10 per cent of the stream of revenue available to it but only depended on government.