Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday announced the prohibition of strip clubs or nude parties in all government and privately-owned hotels operating in the state. The assembly had at a previous plenary drilled the management of Kwara Hotel and operators of eight other hotels over allegation of operating strip clubs, Vanguard reports.
The assembly gave the order in its resolution after adopting a motion entitled: “Banning Nude Parties in Hotels in Kwara’’ moved by the House Leader, Hassan Oyeleke (APC, Esa Sawo).
The Speaker, Ali Ahmad, while reading the resolution of the House on the motion, directed all hoteliers in the state to desist from organising such clubs. He added that hoteliers should acquire Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) sets to monitor activities in their hotels.
He also said the implementation of operation “Show Your Identification Cards’’ by hoteliers and lodgers should be implemented by the state Hospitality and Tourism Development Board to ensure sanity. He added that the state government will empower relevant agencies to carry out periodic supervision of the activities in all existing hotels in the state as a way of checkmating the unholy acts.
He said that all hotels in the state should register with the Association of Hotel Owners for proper monitoring of their activities.
