Women to get employment in Calabar Garment Factory

Set for completion in August, Calabar Garment Factory will generate over 1000 jobs and the majority of them would be women, particularly widows. Machines for the factory had been procured and promised that the project would be a major employer of labour. It would be operated under a Public Private Partnership structure that would allow the state to have small per cent in the ownership of the factory.

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River said this addressing the representatives of the host communities at the project site along Goodluck Jonathan bypass. Administration decided to build the factory due to the experience they had during the recent political campaigns as it discovered that the T-shirts and caps worn by party members all across the country were imported from China and now these items can be manufactured here in Nigeria. The factory will provide fabrics for the production of school uniforms, army uniforms, police and other para-military uniforms. The factory is also expected to enhance the revenue profile of the state by improving the state’s internally generated revenue.