Niger Delta
‘Bakassi Aquatic Resources, Benefit To Calabar Free Trade Zone’
The Chairman of Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Hon. Iyadim Amboni Iyadim, has described Bakassi aquatic potential as littoral resources which have economic qualities needed to boost manufacturing and export at the Nigeria’s Premier Free Trade Zone, Calabar.
Iyadim, who made the assertion when he received management of the Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ) led by its General Manager, Engr. Godwin Okimba Ekpe on a courtesy visit in his office, stated that such
visit would expose to the local government the role it can play to enable the zone achieve its set goals.
According to Iyadim, “though Bakassi is strategically positioned as an international border town and plays an integral part of the zone, we have abundance of land and aquatic resources which the zone can explore for mutual benefits.”
He called on the management of CFTZ to link up with the people to enable them derive the benefits of using the zone as people in rural areas were not aware of their presence as well as what are manufactured within the zone.
He promised to collaborate with them with the view to exposing the economic potentials of the council area for possible investment.
Earlier, the General Manager of the Calabar Free Trade Zone, Engr. Goodwin Okimba Ekpe, explained that the visit was vital and necessary due to the high regards the zone has for Bakassi Local Government Area which is located along a major trade route to other littoral states in Nigeria, West African countries and the world at large.
Ekpe said as a trade facilitation agency, there is need for it to work with the council to ensure the security, safety and free passage of goods and services within the area as this may not be possible if there is continuous youth restiveness and insecurity.
By: Friday Nwagbara, Calabar
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