That controversial Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project

Not only is the project shrouded in somewhat mystery and secrecy and lacking in due process, but it is also being tainted with wide-ranging corruption. Additionally, the very huge amount of N15 trillion being considered for its construction is not only alarming, it may be difficult to source, particularly at this time of global financial constraint.

Has the government given serious thought to the project’s resettlement action plan? Although Mr Umahi has constituted a committee to review the report on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment regarding compensation for section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, can the government judiciously and adequately compensate the people and corporate institutions whose houses and properties would be destroyed to make way for the coastal...

Assuming the government has widely consulted on this project and is capable of paying the requisite compensation as aforementioned, road and environmental experts have warned that the government cannot possibly build a coastal highway at this time when the oceans are rising. If it must go ahead with the project, it would have to spend more money to sink deep into the oceans to get the necessary anchorage required to carry the weight of the highway.

The Federal Government should, in deference to transparency and public accountability, review the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. Government can more judiciously use public funds to fix, for instance, the East-West Road stretching from Warri in Delta State to Oron, Eket, Ahoada, Port Harcourt, and Ogoni in Rivers State. This road ranks amongst the most challenging civil infrastructure projects that have been abandoned for 17 years now.

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