Rae-Omoh appointed Acting DG, NTDC

Mrs Mariel Rae-Omoh has been appointed as the acting Director-General for the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) by the Federal Government.

Mrs Rae-Omoh was born in the sixties and of Edo State origin. She has a Masters degree in Public Administration and a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication  and Journalism. She studied Tourism and Hospitality Administration in Italy.

She is a team player and has vast knowledge of the Tourism Industry, she is a seasoned bureaucrat, driven by a strong desire  to break areas hitherto considered to be impossible, a risk taker, decisive and  able to make difficult decisions when necessary.

She speaks and writes three international languages and two Nigerian languages and has unalloyed loyalty and unflinching support in moving the tourism industry to its peak. She has done this successfully by including tourism in school curriculum in collaboration with National Educational Research Development Council (NERDC), SHEDA, Abuja. She has successfully organised lectures in secondary schools and NYSC orientation camps in the country. She was NTDC’s South South  Zonal Coordinator .

A member of the lnstitute of Hotel and Catering Management (IHCM) from 1990 till date,  member of the National Executive Council of IHCM -1990 to 1992, member, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations  (NIPR) 1990 till date, member, Local Organising Committee, Africa Organisation for Standardisation  (ARSO, President Forum), member, organising committee on World Travel Market London, UK (2014).

She has  excellent communication skills, good negotiating prowess, polite and a pleasant disposition. Quick to learn and adapt. Dedicated to work. A realist and a humanist. She loves to play squash and she is also an interior decorator.