Cross River state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has recently shared his plans to covert $450 million Tinapa business and leisure resort to a first class advanced research university. The Governor revealed this while speaking during an interview to mark his third year in office on TV show, “The Platform: Big Talk with Professor Benedict Ayade” on TVC News Nigeria.

According to the Governor, Tinapa has failed to be a viable business venture because the first thing in tourism is local purchase power, ”if Tinapa was located in Lagos it would have worked.”