The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, says the ongoing 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is not a waste of resources weaved with corrupt tendencies as claimed by critics.
Umahi said this at a Stakeholder’s Engagement and the unveiling of the 71-kilometre alignment of the Ondo State Section of the coastal highway which held in Akure,the ondo state capital.
It was the second stakeholders Engagement and unveiling of the 71-kilometer alignment of the Ondo State section of the Lagos -Calabar Coastal Highway.
Minister of works, David Umahi used the occasion to defend the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, dismissing criticisms that it is a waste of resources.
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Umahi who said the Section 1 of the project was already 70 per cent done, especially in the Lagos axis said when completed ,it will bring a lot of benefits to the country.
Ondo state Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa assured the federal Government that the state would provide the enabling environment for successful execution of the projects.
The minister and his entourage later took an assessment tour of the dualisation of the 50km Akure -Ado road project which was flagged off in 2023.
(Editor: Paul Akhagbemhe)
