Tag: Lagos-Calabar Coastal Rd project

“Lagos-Calabar highway costs N4bn per kilometre NOT N22bn” – Umahi counters Atikus claim

Aminu Imam
Dave Umahi Minister of works

The Federal Government says the 700-kilometre (km) Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project will cost N4 billion per kilometre. Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, stated this on Wednesday, during an interview in a television programme. Recall that former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, in an issued statement on April 7, estimated that the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project could cost the Federal Government N15.7 trillion putting the approximation of each kilometre being built at N22.5 billion. He said the estimate is based on the N1.06 trillion earmarked for 47.47 kilometres (km) (pilot phase) of…

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Lagos-Calabar highway: “Why is project starting from Chagourys Eko Atlantic?” – Atiku hits Tinubu again

Aminu Imam
lagos calabar

Former vice-president and the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has again, challenged President Bola Tinubu to answer some critical questions regarding the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. Atiku, who was responding to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesman in response to his earlier remarks on the project, stated that the Tinubu administration could not continue to dodge the question on the cost implication of a project which would be funded by taxpayers money at a time Nigeria was still facing dire economic…

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“Tell Nigerians actual cost of 700 km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project” Atiku to Tinubu

Aminu Imam
Atiku to Tinubu

Queries how project got design, right of way in 7 months Former Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, challenged President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar Highway project. Atiku, in an issued statement, said Tinubu could not continue to keep silent on how much public funds would be spent on the project at a time when Nigeria was facing dire economic challenges. Atiku had last weekend, through Paul Ibe, his media adviser, queried the Tinubu…

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