Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Aliyu Idi Hong of Nigeria
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Aliyu Idi Hong is the youngest minister in the Federal Executive Council, headed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
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Hong was at the forefront of those promoting the rich cultural values of the country as well as laying emphasis on various indigenous festivals and carnivals across the country which generated a robust measure of international attention.
Hong was not only retained but was assigned the responsibility of supervising the ministry of commerce and industry, an assignment he carried out with distinction until recently when his hard work was rewarded with his appointment as minister of state, health.
Hong has been one of the solid foundations on which the Adamawa PDP is standing.
Despite his youthful age, the distinguished doctor who hails from Hong has showed exemplary qualities that have made him a role model to many youths in his state and beyond.
Hong is now considered as the future of Adamawa state politics.
Aliyu Idi Hong was born in Hong, Adamawa State on the last day of December 1967.
Hong was an active participant in student union activism right from his early years in the university up till the time he graduated.
Hong was also the secretary of Adamawa State PDP between 2006 and 2007 and, together with other excos of the party, he ensured that the party retained its governorship slot in the state despite stiff opposition from the opposition parties especially the AC.
Hong is just forty one, his life has just begun and so, Adamawa and Nigeria in general should be hopeful and look forward to better things to come for indeed the future of this great country is in the hands of great young men like Dr.
Hong said economic liberation and progress had been co-opted by the Yaraduas cardinal principles of the seven point agenda, saying that the federal government is committed towards removing some of the obstacles retarding the growth and development of the nations economy.
Aliyu Idi Hong has called on the Private Sector to take advantage of the visibility of the tourism and culture sub-sector and invest in the sector and in the process alleviate poverty by reducing unemployment in the country.
Hong said the Ministry has established a number of programmes to encourage private sector investment in the tourism industry.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has advocated Zero Tolerance for corruption in the country.
Aliyu Idi Hong has said that the Federal Government will soon commence the disbursement of the N70bn textile revival fund.
Idi Hong said that it was lamentable that the textile industry which was very critical to the economic revival in the country has remained unproductive and dormant.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode has said that appreciation of culture is not the idol worshipping.
Hong? Doesnt that sound Chinese? Oh no, Hong is the name of my village in Adamawa Central, he corrects.
in the tourism and craft industry.
of the seven point agenda of the present administration.
Idi Hong said the plan would carry all the states of the federation along, stressing that it was government's intention to encourage every state to establish a hospitality and training institution as a capacity building venture to address the scarcity of manpower in that area.
Aliyu Idi Hong was in Algiers, the Algerian capital on invitation to the Organisation of the Roundtable on African Institutions where they found our presentation overwhelming.