Cross River State Governor, Sir Ben Ayade, has said the former Commissioner for Health who is now Commissioner for International Development Cooperation/Donor, Dr Inyang Asibong is the most preferred to take Cross River State to the world.
Gov Ayade and Dr Asibong
The governor made this remark during the annual Carnival Calabar held in Calabar the Cross River State capital.
He said the ministry of international development cooperation was created because there was need to have a ministry that is focused on the globalization perspective taking a look at each continent and nation and their direct relationship with Nigeria with a view to taking advantage.
According to him, ‘The whole world is moving to Africa. Africa is the last frontier. So we need to have a ministry that is focused on the globalization perspective, taking a look at each continent, each nation and its direct relationship with Nigeria with a view to taking advantage.”
He stated further that, The US have a huge resources and they are coming to Africa. China has set aside billion of dollars for Africa. We need an aggressive person who can catch on all of those international resources.
“We need a Ministry focused on all of these International connectivity to distill all of that for the benefit of Cross River State.”
