Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, has commissioned an ultra-modern toothpick factory at Ekori, Yarkurr Local Government Area of the state.

The factory is said to be capable of producing 31 million toothpicks in a day.

Speaking at the event, Ayade disclosed that “this administration was trying to create an economy that will radically alter the economic landscape of the state. The country does not just change by mere promulgation of policy, the country changes by systematic, active but very visionary step by step approach towards the realisation of set objectives and one of the set objectives is to move Cross River State from the third world to the first world under my eight years in office.”

“The Ministry of Agriculture in 2016 decried an average of 18 million dollars spent annually importing toothpicks into Nigeria, hence the federal government put toothpicks importation under the dollar access prohibition list, which means it cannot give you dollars if you intend to import toothpick, so we decided to take advantage of the policy to set up this factory.”

Ayade disclosed that only Cross River has such a factory as a state-owned project, which is 100 per cent managed by indigenes, creating jobs for the people.

While urging indigenes of the area to go into massive commercial cultivation of bamboo which is the raw material for toothpicks, the governor said”It has a short gestation period that is why it belongs to the grass family and it grows veraciously with wide growth.

“Cultivate enough bamboo trees; we can produce 31 million toothpicks in a day which is lots of business and money with massive turnover.”


The General Manager of the company, Dr Ignatius Atsu, earlier disclosed that “the factory, one of the many factories conceived by the Ayade administration produces the finest, strongest, organic and beautiful toothpicks which have brought significant economic value, creating wealth and introducing socioeconomic development in the area.”

He added that the company which has injected several millions of naira into the economy shares the vision to produce a world-class toothpick that would meet consumers’ demand at a minimal cost.

Source: https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/194076/

Are we going forward or backward??

ikorodureporta:
Are we going forward or backward??

yes oh wen we continue electing visionless leaders this is what we get

We are actually moving forward if you know how Much Nigerian use in importing toothpicks in this country u will commend his efforts saving us some dollars in importation goods.good ride from him

Calabar, oh my Calabar.

Ayade please bring back our Calabar

Freeworldbutfre:
We are actually moving forward if you know how Much Nigerian use in importing toothpicks in this country u will commend his efforts saving us some dollars in importation goods.good ride from him

As if they won't import the raw materials

Lol,chai. Anyways, we get to start from somewhere. As long as the workforce is atleast 95% Nigerians, we are fine.

Lol

When brromstick deh there...

Dem for import water now...shebi no tap water self deh.

Welcomed development

ikorodureporta:

As if they won't import the raw materials

if our president can import grass for cows where do you think we'll get raw materials for tooth pick

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What do we call this development?

great, will help eradicate unemployment by some percentage

We are busy making toothpick and dragging election, meanwhile...

The only problem i have with this thread is the "ultra modern" the OP put before the "toothpick factory".......

In 2019?




It be like say them don use 9ja paint

It is well.

Ultramodern!!!

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There can never be anything ultra modern about a tooth pick factory. Ordinary toothpick fa.

God bless AYADE

A good initiative! Finally we'll stop spending our hard earned dollars on the importation of toothpick. Wood is available everywhere in Nigeria, yet we've been importing toothpick for centuries.

I hope another governor will wake up to realise that we need a matchstick company in the country. Something that basic is still being imported from India, Sweden, Indonesia etc

Which way Nigeria.....a long way to go!

I've not eaten since morning and u r commissioning ultra modern tooth prick factory

T

God of heaven!

Raw materials for toothpick

Is it made of gold? We have all the materials needed here in Nigeria

Guy think before you post, and stop showing how unlearned you are!

ikorodureporta:

As if they won't import the raw materials