Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has said that plans are already in place by his administration for the establishment of a garment industry, cocoa processing plant, rice mill and modular refinery in the state.
Governor Ayade made this disclosure during a meeting with Heads of Commercial Banks and financial institutions operating in the state, at the Exco Chambers of the Governor’s Office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
The Governor also noted that other investments to be established will be in the petroleum sector, pharmaceutical sector, marine transport, poultry and afforestation; all geared towards creating numerous job opportunities for unemployed youths in the state.
Ayade also enjoined the banks’ representatives to have a shift from solely managing the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and payment of workers’ salaries to identifying with any of the programmes of his administration and seeing to its actualization.
According to him, he expects banks to send in proposals on how they would key into the vision to ensure that the new town, which the state intends to build, no matter its size, beats other existing towns in the country.
Governor Ayade had earlier promised to create about a thousand jobs for unemployed youths in the state during his first 100 days in office.
