Lagos State Government has embark on the shutting down of hotels, restaurant due to non compliance to lay down regulation.
According to Commissioner for Tourism and Inter-Governmental Relations, Disun Holloway, out of 3,000 on record operating in the state, only 350 has complied fully so far. The remaining 2,650 hotels and restaurant have refused to comply till now.
He made it known that the non compliance is totally unacceptable that the reason the officials of the ministry would soon be deployed to sanction defaulting hotels and restaurants operating illegally in the state.
The commissioner said that the government had commenced the grading and classification of hotels to reposition the hospitality sector and promote standards.
Holloway added that 50 hotels had so far been fully classified, while others were still undergoing the process of classification.
He also disclosed that the state government has initiated moves to partner with the private sectors to establish beach resorts across Lagos state.