By Johnbosco  Agbakwuru

THE management of Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort has built an International Conference Centre with a sitting capacity of 600 and modern communication facilities that could host international organisations or any event of international standard.

Managing Director of Tinapa, Chief Bassey Ndem, who disclosed this when the executive members of the Correspondents Chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Cross River State Council paid him a courtesy visit in his office, said that it took over N1 billion to put in place the befitting edifice that could host any international events.

Chief Ndem noted that Tinapa had hosted many events which included the World Tourism Organization conference at the Lake Tinapa hotel, adding that the new conference centre which is fully air conditioned has banquet chairs and exhibition hall.

The MD said that there was an air of confidence at the resort and that within January and March this year about 173 containers entered into Tinapa and that many more investors had indicated interest in doing business in the resort.

He said that the Governor Liyel Imoke’s led administration had been supportive and had done much to ensure that there was boom in economic activities.

Earlier in his remarks, Chairman of Correspondents Chapel, Mr. Bassey Inyang, said that the executive members of the chapel decided to visit the resort to know the level of economic activities going on, some of the challenges if any and the way the chapel and management of Tinapa could work together to promote the multi-billion naira outfit.

Other executive members of the chapel include Increase Abasi-Ubong (Vice Chairman), Johnbosco Agbakwuru (Secretary), Mike Abang (Treasurer) and Sunday Bassey (Internal Auditor).