The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Cross River State Government have agreed to work out modalities to revive the moribund Tinapa Free Trade Zone owned by the state.

The agreement was reached during a courtesy visit by NEPZA’s Managing Director, Olufemi Ogunyemi to Gov. Bassey Otu in Calabar.
Ogunyemi, expressed delight on the state’s desire to revamp the unique free trade zone established to service the entertainment industry.

He however, urged the state government to upscale its interest and participation at the Calabar Free Trade Zone, adding that such involvement was vital to the overall promotion and preservation of the place and also solicited the state government’s intervention on the activities of illegal tax operators in the state whose actions discourages access to incentives the NEPZA Act had granted freezone operators and enterprises within the zones.Related Articles