The Cross River Sate Government, in her bid to becoming one of the most relevant and technologically advanced states in Nigeria has not relented on her journey of making Calabar, the Cross River State Capital a smart city in the next 7 years.

[b]"think about this project, we will have one of the best datacentre in the country which will provide storage and technology to analyse our own data, all our houses will be connected to one of the best and most reliable Wi-Fi network using our existing fibre as backbone, the same network will afford masses cheap TV, telephony and data at the most affordable rates, we can now offer our next generation the best education because all schools both Government and private will benefit from our smart education system.

Our traffic system will be monitored 24/7, ask me how we plan to power devices? we got that all worked out in this journey, even our houses will be more secured, how about the idea of seeing who is at your gate from your mobile phone right inside your room, how about the idea of having the best ERC powered on this same network, on this same network, we can take eateries and shops to your house, stay at home, make your orders and receive your item, you won’t even need internet data to do all these, only when you access a resource outside the network, you are then required to pay says Ugi Augustine, one of the distinguished guest from the Cross River State ICT team to Main Huawei Factory where all the manufacturing is done.

He also went further, I have seen the passion and willingness of our Governor to diversify our lean economy and depend on our IGR to move the state forward. As a major player on this project, I assure you that big change and easy life is just around the corner. The commencement of this project marks another huge achievement of His Excellency, Prof. Ben Ayade.[/b]

below are photos from the state representatives visit to the Huawei facility in China.