Melody for Kogites: A Poem by Abdullahi Suleiman Otiwe

It is sad to see the only recognized state hotel in a moribund state like this . The fortune of the hotel started dwindling immediately former Governor Ibrahim terminated the management of the Hotel with Sheraton Group and handed it over to experienced Managers. Some of us then as members of staff of Sheraton Lagos that occupied strategic positions were highly disappointed at government decision.
I was privileged to have the details of the performance of the hotel and all its challenges but could not help the situation because the opportunity was not there coupled with tribal sentiment in staff recruitment, uncontrolled administrative expenses with lack of viable marketing strategy for the business led to its demise.
finally, we can still save the situation if there is political will to call on experts to design the public private partnership arrangement for potential investors to manage in order to retain our state of the art structure in our unique confluence state capital.