*World Tourism Day: Edo govt assures 2019 NAFEST’ll empower youths through tourism* The Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, *Hon. Osazee Osemwingie-Ero* has said Edo State’s hosting of the 2019 National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) will leverage tourism’s job creation potentials to empower Edo youths. The commissioner said this while addressing journalists at an event held to celebrate the World Tourism Day in Asaba, the Delta State capital. Osemwingie-Ero noted that Edo State is putting finishing touches to preparations for the 2019 NAFEST, which promises to be an enthralling cultural festival. He said the governments of Edo and Delta States will continue to work in synergy to empower more youths and women through tourism, adding, “For us in Edo, we are reawakening our culture; we are exploiting our tourism potentials. With Edo State hosting the 2019 NAFEST themed: ‘Our culture, Our Pride’, we expect tourists from Nigeria’s 36 st...