The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade and the management team of Information Communication Technology (ICT) giant, Huawei have held the first technical session on the Calabar Smart City Project.

This is following a recent meeting that led to the signing of a contract with the Chinese firm to make Calabar the first smart city in Nigeria.

Accompanied by some of his commissioners and special advisers, governor Ayade met with the Huawei team at their global headquarters in China.

The agenda of the meeting was centered on the design of the Calabar Smart City Project.

During the signing of the contract, Ayade stated: “The project will ensure that for the first time in the country, data would be provided from the cloud.

“With this digital cloud, it will offer opportunity to get information with ease and comfort, including boosting research and academic works.”

The project is in partnership with Huawei of China, the equipment manufacturer, with Sino Infrastructure Development Company Limited as the technical partner in Nigeria for the project.

Speaking further the governor maintained that, “This partnership will provide cheap access to connectivity, also Cross River residents will know that Huawei is bringing the best technology to us. They are a known name in the world and a pace setter in the industry. Cross River deserves only the best which they have to offer.”

The excited governor who looks forward to the speedy realisation of this dream further stated that, “The whole state is going digital as the Cross River super highway will have super-connectivity, where all the best internet and technology services will be offered to users of the super highway. This will be the first fully smart city in Nigeria. Cross River will be the model for Africa and we are proud to be associated with this.”

Part of the deal is not only providing 3G and 4G network connectivity but also fiber to homes, which will afford the opportunity to download music, news, movies and even research materials.

(Channels TV)

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