VANGUARD
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to discontinue the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project to save jobs for Nigerians.
Obi said the project is a misplaced priority by the Federal Government adding that jobs would be lost to add to the current unemployment.
Vanguard recalls that the Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi, recently said the government is constructing the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway at a total cost of N4 billion per kilometre.
This signified that the total project of 700 kilometres will be completed at the cost of N2. 8 trillion.
The FG has, then, begun the demolition of structures on the right-of-way of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project.
The coastal road is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River state, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states
On Saturday, April 27, Umahi flagged off the demolition exercise at the Mani Chula Beach, Oniru Waterfront, a section of the Landmark Beach.
The former Ebonyi governor said the beach was within the coastal corridor and legitimately in the federal government’s right-of-way, stressing that owners of affected properties along the coastal highway would be compensated.
Reacting to the development on Tuesday via his X page, Obi said the FG is insensitive to the cries of the people, as the project would amount to destruction of businesses and wastage of investments, adding to existing loss of jobs.
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