Royal Pacific Group sets to commission Abuja hotel apartments

A Jos-based firm, NASCO  Nigeria group under its conglomerate, Royal Pacific Group, has said that it would soon commission its 10-story hotel apartments named ‘Fraser Suites’ in Abuja.  Haroun Harry Audu, Marketing Communications Consultant/Public Affairs Advisor, NASCO Nigeria/Royal Pacific Group told Daily Trust that the multi-billion naira hotel apartment project sited at Central Business District […]

A Jos-based firm, NASCO  Nigeria group under its conglomerate, Royal Pacific Group, has said that it would soon commission its 10-story hotel apartments named ‘Fraser Suites’ in Abuja. 

Haroun Harry Audu, Marketing Communications Consultant/Public Affairs Advisor, NASCO Nigeria/Royal Pacific Group told Daily Trust that the multi-billion naira hotel apartment project sited at Central Business District has been on for 15 years,  95% completed and would be commissioned mid 2017.

He said that Fraser Suites Abuja is the brainchild of one of  Nigeria’s largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) giants, NASCO Group Nigeria, who as the local partners  engaged and got the Fraser team to commit to the partnership investment in Africa with the first project in Abuja.

“Fraser Suites Abuja is a Gold Standard facility, under the professional and management oversight of the world’s leading serviced apartments providers, under the world-acclaimed brand name – Frasers; and the Abuja edifice is the first of its kind in all of Africa,’’ said Haroun.

Haroun said siting the hotel in the Central Business District, Abuja would further boost employment and foreign direct investment in the Territory as the group is targeting a lush market ranging from people of diplomatic community, international businessmen who are looking for these kinds of apartments.

“These service apartments are not your typical hotel, it attracts clients that usually want to stay a minimum of 30 days for about one year in a room and so it is going to take care of that kind of market. It is like a home so you can stay there and do all your business and what have you. 

In Abuja, you know it is a destination for top NGO executives, diplomats and international businessmen but then it is going to require experts and I promise that they are going to mainly be Nigerians thereby creating a lot of employment, you know we have the restaurant,’’he said.

He commended the FCT minister Mallam Musa Bello for responding to the call for the construction and rehabilitation of Leventis Close, CBD, where the hotel is situated, saying the  commencement, last week, of construction works by Julius Berger Plc,  will upon completion, make it convenient and beneficial for business owners and operators, as well as for tourists, visitors and residents of the city, to navigate the neighbourhood with minimal or no stress at all.

“The Central Business District is the leading, vibrant corporate business hub of Nigeria’s expansive capital city, Abuja. The district is home to huge numbers of multinationals, private sector players, governmental and nongovernmental entities. The vast intersections of major road networks (highways and bridges) within the district were designed and layered in a deliberate fashion; to facilitate ease of access in and out of the manifold chambers holding the various offices and businesses located and operating therein,’’ he said.  

He said that business owners and operators are optimistic that all public utilities such as: electricity, water supply, drainages and sewage disposal lines, would be  put in place by the contractor.