Frank Meke

Frank Meke is a syndicated columnist with a special interest in rural development, tourism, culture, and natural resources engagement on wildlife and conservation.

Widely travelled with editorial stints in both print and electronic media, Frank was a pioneer team member of the National award winning Vanguard Newspapers Tourism pages, where he worked from late 1991 to 1995. He was also a tourism editorial columnist in the defunct Concord Newspapers and The Week magazine, and until lately, the tourism columnist at the Sun newspapers where he wrote every Thursdays , the popular column tilted ” People and Tourism”

Frank Meke is the Founder and Presenter of Creative Naija, ( Nigeria), a cultural tourism talk show on Mainland Radio 98.3 FM, Lagos, and the Managing Editor of the Gavel, an digital online publication which will hit digital space soon.  He is also at the front line of notable reforms in the emerging Nigerian organised cultural tourism community, consultant to various shades of opinion across the spectrum of both private and public sectors, an analyst, and a lobbyist.

Frank Meke is trustee of the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria ( Atpn) and acting chairman, Board of Trustees, Association of Tourist Boat Operators, and Water Transporters of Nigeria ( ATBOWATON). A budding author with two published works, “Race to Nikki,” dedicated to the late Emir of Borgu, Dr Haliru Dantoro, with the forward written by former President Muhammadu Buhari Meke also penned “Tourism for Tomorrow,”a collection of select published tourism articles by Frank Meke in major Nigerian newspapers.

Frank Meke is the media consultant to the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies ( Nanta) and many other organisations. A minister of the Gospel of Christ Jesus, meke is a philanthropist and lover humanity and a worthy industry awardee from different institutions and organisations . He was recently conferred with The Pioneer Tourism Journalism leadership legacy award for his dedication and commitment to the emerging Nigerian Cultural Tourism industry by the National Institute for Tourism Professionals ( ITPN) and Golden Icon Award for Tourism Journalism, and Destination Storytelling in Nigeria.

Contact: Mekefrank@gmail.com

Telephone: O80 575 11 88 5

Author: James Arnott

I am a passionate and committed community led conservationist wanting to make a meaningful impact through the Rewilding Africa CIC National Park Conservancy model and 2 phase program