Coastal highway: CSOs, opposition party leaders, experts hail Tinubu

L-R: Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi; Policy expert & Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Otunba Segun Showunmi; and Chairman, Proshare Group, Chief Femi Awoyemi, during a tour of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, in Lagos.

By KEMI KAYODE

.Commend initiative, quality of work so far

Civil society organisations, opposition party figures and key stakeholders in the Nigerian business community have commended the Federal Government on the quality of work being done on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, and the commitment of the administration of President Bola Tinubu to infrastructure development/economic growth.

Umahi during the inspection

The stakeholders, who were impressed by the level and quality of work done so far, spoke to journalists on the sidelines of a tour of the project in Lagos.

According to them, Nigerians must rise above politics to support developmental efforts such as the coastal highway project, especially with the verification of the quality of work and huge economic benefits.

The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, disclosed, during the tour, that the first section of the 750km highway project, which covers the stretch from Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, to Eleko, Lagos, will be completed by May 2026.

Umahi expressed satisfaction with the level of work executed so far by Hi-Tech, noting that a total of 35km had been completed, with 12km left for the Section 1 of the project.