Security challenges across Nigeria have impacted businesses differently. Most businesses have closed up as a result of low patronage occasioned by persistent security challenges. These challenges vary from one state to another in Nigeria.
On the Plateau, from the 2001 Jos Crisis which affected the city center, resulting in the loss of lives and the destruction of property. However, today, the city has recovered significantly. Hardly will one hear of any fullblown outbreak of violence in Jos or anywhere else in Plateau State. What has continued are isolated attacks on rural communities by criminal elements in local government areas hours and mile away from Jos, the State Capital. The situation is improving with the current efforts of the Plateau State Government and Security agencies.
It is important to note that most times, some media outlets and online news platforms are sensational in there reportage for reasons best known to them, at the detriment of the development of Plateau Satate at large. This is however unfair, especially to the fast growing and thriving hospitality business on the Plateau.
On key player in the hospitality business in Plateau State that has thrived despite the challenges is Crispan Hotel. Located along the Jonah David Jang Way, Rayfield Road, close to the Nigerian Air Force Station Jos, it is considered ‘Home away from home’, given the very serene environment and top class services once can find only in the best hospitality destination in Jos.
While you hear of stories of criminal elements perpetrating their acts in some hotels across the country, you will never hear of such at Crispan Hotel. This is because the hotel has kept a very high security alertness and has ensured proper screening of customers who patronize their services.
Thanks to their close collaboration with security agencies, the hotel has waded away criminal elements and the idea of criminal activities from their vicinity. No wonder tourists from the across the world always prefer to patronize Crispan Hotel.
Speaking to a group selected journalists at the Hotel on Tuesday 30th January 2024 in Jos, the General Manager of Crispan Hotel, Svetlana Alexandrovra in company of some of her staff said that Plateau State remains the choice tourist destination in the country. She said if government is able to consolidate on the good road network within the Jos city center, and also implement measures that can improve the security situation in the state, people will no longer want to travel out of the country to places like Europe, given that the weather condition in Jos is clement and conducive for holidays and is second to none in Nigeria.
She also said that people book for their services from across the country and come all the way to enjoy the weather and the beauty that nature has provided in Jos. She however lamented that whenever there are security challenges in local communities, hours and miles away from the city center, misleading media reports tend to discourage other prospective customers from coming to Jos.
She also said that one of the way in which government can help open up the tourism potentials in the State is by encouraging more airlines to begin daily flight services to Jos, given that so far there are just few active flights a week coming to Jos.
She stressed that with the right collaborations, government can make the state conducive for more businesses and companies to set up, thereby attracting investments to the state and by implication improving the economic capacity of her citizens.
According to Svetlana, Crispan Hotel so far has the largest and safest facility which can comfortably accommodate thousands of people and their vehicles for any kind of occasion in Jos without any challenge. The hotel also has smaller conferences hall, meeting space that can accommodate any number of people.
She invited prospective customers not to hesitate in patronizing Crispan Hotel in Jos, because it guarantees 24 hours top notch services, comfortable accomodation, and assures of a serene environment that is safe and secured for all customers and their property. Crispan Hotel is so far, arguably the No. 1 choice hospitality destination on the Plateau.
Nigeria Star News 