Groups faults inauguration of ‘unfinished’ Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway

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Public procurement advocacy group, Network for the Actualisation of Social Growth and Viable Development, has criticised the inauguration of a 30-kilometre stretch of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, describing the move as misleading and premature.

In a statement signed on Sunday by its Country Head, Mr. Akingunola Omoniyi, NEFGAD expressed concern that the 750-kilometre highway, a signature infrastructure project meant to connect Nigeria’s coastal states, was being politicised.

The group argued that presenting only 4% of the total road length as a completed project unfitly distorts the scope and intent of the broader project.

“This is a 750-kilometre unbroken contract, designed to be a transformative corridor for Nigeria’s southern region.“Commissioning just 30 kilometres gives a false impression of progress,” Omoniyi said.

NEFGAD warned that such symbolic gestures could erode public confidence in the government’s project delivery and set a dangerous precedent of celebrating unfinished infrastructure for political gain.

The group also urged President Bola Tinubu not to yield to pressure to inaugurate uncompleted projects. Punch