“In the face of the lockdown, we are aware that we have properly secured our external borders while allowing the economy to continue to run.”
He said that the project would enable the state to weather the attendant food shortage expected during the post coronavirus pandemic.
He explained that his administration was determined to make the state self sufficient in food production. “It is against that background that I have come here to mobilise all our equipment to move to the field. “Nigeria should be migrating from petrol dollar to agro dollar and Cross River will be leading that process,” he said.
“It is obvious that most countries will be very unwilling to export their food because they won’t have enough to even feed their own citizens. Ayade also disclosed that another set of equipment were being deployed to the proposed site of Cross River International Airport in Obudu Local Government Area, located close to the Obudu Cattle Ranch.
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