SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – The construction of the Calabar-Ikom-Ogoja-Obudu dual carriage super highway is set to commence any moment from now with the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade finalizing a deal on quality control for the signature project.
Ayade tidied up the deal Monday in the German city of Wiesbaden.
The governor had announced last week that he was in discussions with the President of Nigeria, Mohammadu Buhari, who is expected to come to the state to do the groundbreaking before the commencement of work, hopefully in few weeks.
While closing the deal, the governor said he would prove all the ‘Doubting Thomases’ wrong by making sure that the road is delivered to Cross Riverians before the end of his first tenure despite the financial challenges that the state is facing.
“I am very confident that this project which some pessimists are saying won’t be possible, will be delivered before the end of our first term in office.
“We have interested investors already who want to come and invest their money in developing our intended projects and I must say that these projects are many,” he disclosed.
The governor informed that the design for the proposed seaport in Calabar is at advanced stage and the transaction adviser will be appointed on his return to Nigeria.
The governor who is presently in Germany to do recruitment for project quality control is also aggressively driving German investors to key into his other plans which include a cement factory and quarry.
He is expected to depart Germany for Barcelona in Spain to attend the World Governors Forum for Climate Change where he serves as the African Chair. He is expected to deliver a paper at the forum.
