Nigerian Peace Corps Engages Calabar Garment Factory to Produce 100,000 Uniforms

The massive investment made by the Cross River State government with the establishment of the Cala­bar Garment Factory has started yielding fruits as the Peace Corps of Nigeria, weekend, engaged the garment outfit to produce one hundred thousand pieces of uni­forms for its officers and men.
Under the terms of the con­tract, the Calabar Garment Fac­tory is to produce 40,000 pieces as the first consignment, with an additional 60,000 thousand to be produced later.

The Peace Corps of Nigeria bill is currently awaiting the as­sent of President Muhammadu Buhari after being passed by the National Assembly.
Speaking at a facility tour of the factory and delivery of mate­rials by the corps for the produc­tion of the uniforms, the deputy national Commandant in charge of Administration, Mr. Edet Ekpenyong, expressed satisfac­tion with the fully automated factory and assured of the corps’ readiness to synergise with the state government to ensure that the factory performs within its installed capacity.
Ekpeyong particularly com­mended Governor Ben Ayade for his industrialisation drive as well as other transformation ini­tiatives currently going on in the state.
His word: “We are here to deliver our materials to the Calabar Garment Factory to commence production of one hundred thousand uniforms for us, but starting with forty thou­sand units. I am very excited and proud with what I have seen here at the factory. It is very clear that Governor Ayade is doing every­thing to move the state from a civil service state to an industrial hub. We have been monitoring the activities of Cross River and it has been a beehive of indus­trialisation activities since Ayade came to power. The state has never been in the media the way it has been since the coming of the present government.