750km route intact, can’t be altered –Umahi

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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has insisted that the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway remains intact and cannot be altered, assuring Nigerians that construction is progressing across several states.
Umahi, speaking to State House Correspondents after briefing President Bola Tinubu, said surveyors and designers were currently assessing the highway’s alignment in Edo, Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers states, while work continued on sections already under construction.
“Nobody has abandoned the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. In fact, as we are talking now, we have d...