Cross Rivers State Governor,Ben Ayade says the state will require N5 billion to repair the Calabar International Conference Centre (CICC) vandalised by hoodlums.
Ayade made this known on Monday, while restating the curfew imposed on Calabar and its environs.
The hoodlums had on Friday and Saturday taken advantage of the #ENDSARS protests to loot items in the centre after they vandalised it.
READ ALSO : Gov. Ayade Imposes Curfew In Calabar
Ayade said that the action would have negative impact on the progress of the state’s industrialisation efforts aimed at job creation.
Police and other security agencies deployed to the town had started raiding the suspected criminal hideouts with a view to recover the looted items.
