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The Nigerian authorities has renamed the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar coastal road aft President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The curate of works, David Umahi, disclosed this successful a briefing on Thursday.
According to him, President Tinubu had conceived that imaginativeness of the road astir 27 years ago.
“By the powerfulness conferred connected maine arsenic the Honourable Minister of Works, and successful consultation with the Permanent Secretary, the Minister of State, the directors and the full unit of the ministry, we person decided to sanction the full Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway aft President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“This is simply a imagination that Mr President had astir 27 years ago,” helium said.
The road is estimated to outgo N15 trillion upon collection.
The road, which is 1 of the Tinubu government’s bequest projects with a conception adjacent completion, has been with controversies since its commencement successful March 2024.
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