President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday inaugurate the completed portion of the Phase One, Section One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe
President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday inaugurate the completed portion of the Phase One, Section One of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, made this known in a statement on Friday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project is a flagship of the Tinubu administration under its Renewed Hope Agenda.
The completed portion is a 30km stretch.
The inauguration will take place at Kilometer Eight of the highway.
The completed portion marks a significant milestone in the first phase of the 750km coastal highway designed to enhance connectivity along Nigeria’s southern corridor.
Umahi said in the statement that the president described the inauguration as a fulfilment of a long-held vision he conceived more than two decades ago.
“This project is not just a road; it is a symbol of national integration, economic vitality, and social cohesion.
“For Mr President, this is a dream nurtured for 27 years becoming a legacy of transformation,” Umahi said.
He said that beyond easing transport and boosting commerce in coastal communities across nine states, the highway would stand as a hallmark of engineering excellence and aesthetics.
The minister said that the President would also be expected to virtually inaugurate some other completed signature infrastructure projects within Southern Nigeria.
According to him, the projects include the dualised East-West Road Section II (Eleme Junction–Ahoada) in Rivers, which spanned 94km.
Umahi said that the reconstructed Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Sagamu–Ibadan Section), covering 166.8km, would be among the projects to be inaugurated.
He added that the 67.1km Alesi–Ugep Road in Cross River would also be inaugurated by Tinubu.