Engineers urge Tinubu to halt Lagos-Calabar highway diversion

Iwere Engineers Forum, IEF, has urged President Bola Tinubu to immediately intervene in the reported plan to divert some sections of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway away from the Atlantic coastline as the route approaches major Ilaje communities and the Itsekiri coastal belt.

IEF said the engineering concerns cited by the Ministry of Works in the Ondo and Delta corridors, including deep peat, weak soils and large water crossings, were not sufficient justification for abandoning the areas.

In a statement, the forum’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Professor Ogbemi Omatete; Vice Chairman, Gbesimi Akperi; General Secretary, Dr Silver Ejejigbe; and members Kunu Harmony, Dr Felix...