According to Hon. Fatima Adamu, the Niger State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, one of the primary difficulties impeding the promotion of tourism destinations in the state is insecurity.

The commissioner stated that there were tourism locations in several Local Government Areas that could have been offered as tourist attractions, but insecurity was a barrier.

She spoke with reporters on Wednesday during the 2023 World Tourism Day celebration with the theme, 'Tourism and Green Investment.'

Tourism, she claims, could have been a huge source of wealth for the state, but bandits were obstructing it.

Her words, “My challenges in promoting tourism in Niger State are funding and insecurity because some of those places cannot be assessed because of the insecurity, most especially the Kwangugari site. The Kwangugari site is where we have the Gadan Allah.

“We could have made it a tourism site for everyone but it’s no more assessable because of insecurity. But His Excellency is trying his best to see that everything moves on smoothly, to control the insecurity in Niger State.

“We have many tourism sites in Niger State but not all of them are functioning well and I am trying my best to make it functional. I want to activate all the tourism sites in Niger State and where they need investors. We are inviting investors to come and invest in Niger State because Niger State is a home of tourism.

“We have many tourist sites. The examples we have are the Zuma Rock, Gurara Falls and Shagunu Beach. We have the Dutse Malolo in my local government. We have the Gada Allah where you can come. It is a natural bridge and it is not everyone that knows there. I’m trying to activate all those sites.”

Ladidi Kuta, the state's commissioner for transport, who represented the state's deputy governor, also stated that tourism in the state had been halted in the past, but that the current government would bring in development partners who would collaborate with the state to reopen most of the tourism attractions.