Atiku Abubakar Challenges President Tinubu to Disclose Cost of Lagos-Calabar Highway Project

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The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has dared President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway project. Atiku said in a statement on Tuesday that the Tinubu administration could not continue to keep silent on how much of public funds would be spent on the project at a time Nigeria was still facing dire economic challenges.

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, Atiku Abubakar , has dared President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway project.

He had also wondered why the Tinubu administration released N1.06tn for the pilot phase or 6% of the project, which begins at Eko Atlantic and is expected to terminate at the Lekki Deep Sea Port.The statement signed Tuesday in Abuja by the Special Assistant to the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, read in part, “The Tinubu administration cannot continue to respond to public inquiry with insults. They must come clean on this project because Nigerians deserve to know the truth.

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