Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is constructing only two entirely new federal highways, while prioritising the completion of abandoned and inherited road projects across the country.
Umahi disclosed this during an inspection of Sections 1, 2 and parts of Section 4A of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, including the Ondo State axis, stressing that the Federal Government aimed at completing ongoing projects before embarking on new ones.
According to the minister, the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the Sokoto-Badagry Highway are the only completely new road projects initiated by the current administration.
‘We have continued old projects before the commencement of new ones. This administration is constructing only two entirely new roads: the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and the Sokoto-Badagry Highway. Every other road project we are executing involves abandoned or neglected projects,’ Umahi said.