Tinapa’s repossession as catalyst for Cross River’s economic rejuvenation

ON April 2, 2007, former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, inaugurated the first phase of the Tinapa Business Resort & Free Zone in Calabar, one of the most ambitious developmental projects ever embarked upon by the Cross River State Government.
It was a vision birthed by then Governor, Donald Duke, to transform the state into the economic heartbeat of West Africa.
More importantly, it was designed as a fulcrum for job creation, revenue generation, tourism resuscitation, economic