The federal government has criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo for opposing the N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, saying those criticising the project should not use the roads when completed. The Minister of Works, David Umahi spoke on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo state capital, during an interactive session on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. ‘This Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is …

The federal government has disclosed plans to install Closed Circuit Television cameras (CCTV) on the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The minister of works, Engr. David Umahi, disclosed this during a tour of Sections I and II of the project in Lagos being handled by Hitech Construction Company Ltd on 20 December. In a statement by the special adviser on media to …

Minister of Works, Engr Dave Umahi, has said the decision to switch from using asphalt for the construction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Road to using concrete will save the Federal Government more than N640 billion. The contract for the construction of the road which was awarded to Julius Berger was recently terminated by the minister, who accused the contractor of unethical …

A total of N18 billion has been allocated to compensate affected property owners on section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced on Sunday. Umahi also stated that everyone on the compensation list of section 1 of the coastal road must have been paid in 10 days. He spoke during the stakeholder’s engagement involving …

The Federal Government has proposed N341 billion for emergency repairs of roads and bridges nationwide. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this while updating members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works on the repair status of the Third Mainland and Carter bridges on Saturday. The minister and the legislators were on a tour of the Third …

The pressure on the naira in the foreign exchange market, and the removal of fuel subsidy have taken a toll on earlier projections on what the Federal Government would require to complete inherited ongoing road projects nationwide. The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, who disclosed this at a briefing yesterday, said President Bola Tinubu’s administration would now require over …

Minister of works, Engr. Nweze David Umahi has declared the commitment of the federal government to complete the Abuja-Kaduna-Katsina-Kano Federal Highway within a record time. He stated this when he received the Governor of Kaduna State Uba Sani in his office in Abuja yesterday. In a statement by his special adviser on media, Orji Uchenna Orji, Umahi said he had …

The minister of Works, David Umahi has stated that shanty dwellers and caravan owners along the shorelines of the Lagos-Calabar 700-kilometre coastal road project won’t be compensated by the federal government, adding that, only those with permanent structures will be compensated during the cause of demolition. Umahi gave the assertion while addressing stakeholders’ meeting on Lagos-Calabar highway project alongside property …

If a roll call of President Bola Tinubu’s performing Ministers is made today, the likelihood is that the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, will make the list. The former governor is one of those we can call a square peg in a square hole. I have followed the way he goes about discharging his duties. His on-the-spot assessment of projects …

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Tuesday, took a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over his criticism of the President Bola Tinubu administration on the cost of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, had alleged that the N700km road project was …