FG to Obasanjo: Don’t use Lagos-Calabar road when it’s done

THISDAY 

The federal government has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo and those criticising the Lagos-Calabar Highway, among other legacy projects of President Bola Tinubu not to pass through the roads when completed.

Clarifying that the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project was not a wasteful and corrupt, the government in another breath, took a swipe at Obasanjo for allegedly downplaying the importance of Tinubu’s infrastructure projects.

Obasanjo, in his recent memoir, had described the project as wasteful and corrupt, slamming Tinubu’s administration for spending N21bn on a new official residence for Vice-President Kashim Shettima, and called it a misplaced priority and conduit designed to embezzle public funds.

Minister of Works, David Umahi, urged Nigerians to ignore comments by Obasanjothat the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway was wasteful and corrupt.

He made the assertion during his working visit to Ondo State for a 2nd interactive session on the Ondo State axis of the 71km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. 

The meeting, which held at the Government House, Akure, was a follow-up to the first stakeholders meeting held on October 31, 2024 on the project.

Specifically, Umahi asked those criticising the project and other legacy projects of President Bola Tinubu not to pass through the roads when they are completed.

Insisting that the project was not wasteful and corrupt, Umahi stated that the project was transparent, and that people had the right to be jealous and angry.