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Industrialist cum philanthropist, Prince Arthur Eze on Tuesday in Calabar, poured encomium on the state Gov, Sen. Prof. Ben Ayade, and his uncommon achievements in industrializing the state in spite of dwindling resources. A feat so rare in the African continent.
The philanthropist whose relationship with the state span decades of years ago placed an order for 1000 Faceshield from the state-owned garment factory including a pledge of 1000 bags of rice seedlings to boost the agricultural drive.
Speaking shortly after inspecting the various industries already completed at the Ayade Industrial Park, Prince Eze says
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“I have never seen such a thing anywhere in Africa. The people of Cross River are lucky to have this young man as a governor who is creating a lot of jobs for the teeming unemployed young people with the intent to create even more and this gives hope for the future.
“Ayade is indeed a wonderful human being and God will bless him for what he is doing in Cross River.
“This state had oil wells, but those wells were long taken away and given to another state, but God sent you a good leader to take care of you and chart a new course for Cross River. Join hands with him and build something that will be even more long-lasting than oil, which is agriculture.
“Whatever Ayade does, I am interested in it, infact, anywhere he needs me, I will follow him because he is a young man with so much wisdom and energy.” Prince Arthur Eze stated.
Governor Ayade, while thanking Prince Eze for his visit as well as his interest in investing in the state’s agro-allied economy, says
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“Prince Arthur Eze, conscious of the philosophy of President Buhari’s Nigeria without an oil road map, has decided to divert part of his wealth from oil business into agriculture, not necessarily for profit but for the philosophical basis of creating jobs, putting food on the table and creating a horizon of opportunities for young men and women, irrespective of the state of origin.”
“I want to commend you and thank you because you also intend to go into rice production and any other agricultural value chain. So I am excited by your interest in our agro-allied value chain.
“As a state, we have invested in 33 industries, and those industries cannot be run and operated by the government. So we need to find a third party that will take them off the government and has private investors and private men who have proven integrity, character, honour and clean money of this nature to come in and take part of those Investments, either through a concessionaire mechanism or outright privatization or a partnership on the royalty of some sorts.
The Governor said
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