Basic infrastructure needed for nightlife businesses to thrive – Shina Peller
Nightlife
By Taiye Baiyerohi
Lagos, April, 20, 2018 (NAN) Shina Peller, Managing Director of Quilox Night Club, on Friday urged the Federal Government to put basic infrastructure in place for night life businesses thrive in the country.
Peller, son of the late legendary Nigerian magician, Abiola Moshood Peller, made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
The nightlife guru said that this was very important as many international tourists who were night crawlers were denied of this each time they visited the country.
He said if the nightlife businesses thrived, it would drive the tourism sector because most tourists love to hang out at night as a way of recreating.
Peller said that many investors had opted out of that line of business because of the difficulty to sustain it due to lack of basic infrastructure.
He also called on Federal Goverment to intensify efforts to ensure basic infrastructure that would drive the business were fixed.
According to him, these infrastructure include electricity, road network and security, among others.
“The same problems all other sectors of the economy suffer from are the same we nightlife operators face.
“People want to go out at night to have fun, but their security cannot be guaranteed.
“Power outage is another serious challenge which must be rectified, we use diesel most of the time and this will not make one break even in business.
“Multiple taxation is another huge problem; we want most of these taxes to be streamlined so that we can enjoy some return on our investments.
“It appears I have been one of the very few Nigerians who have sustained nightlife business for years now in the face of these discouraging challenges.
“When all these problems are solved, every aspect of the Nigerian economy will have a boost thereby increasing internally generated revenue,’’ he said.
Peller said that nightlife was an aspect of entertainment that could attract international tourists if properly groomed like in the developed countries where security is not a problem. (NAN)
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Edited by Fela Fashoro/Tajudeen Atitebi