FG fixes date to flag-off Akwa-Ibom end of Lagos-Calabar highway

The Federal Government has said the Calabar end of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be flagged off on Monday, 14th April 2025, while the Akwa Ibom end spur to be flagged off on Tuesday, 15th April 2025.

Minister of Works, Engr David Umahi disclosed this during a stakeholders’ engagement meeting on the ongoing construction of phase I, Section II of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway held at Eko Hotel, Lagos recently.

He also made mentioned that the construction of the Spur of Trans-Sahara Road spanning Calabar, Ebonyi, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa and the FCT, Abuja will be flagged off in Ebonyi State by Federal Government on 16th April 2025.
The Minister, during the engagement described the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project as an investment whose positive impact on inclusive economic growth, progressive national prosperity is valuable beyond estimation.

Umahi stated that the coastal highway would serve as a formidable evacuation corridor with inherent comparative social and economic advantages in tourism, trade, agriculture, and aquaculture, and boost several services in the maritime sector.

Recounting the gains of the investment, he said, “We are going to have a CCTV on the roads. So, the response to any issue will be less than five minutes. What we have not known is that this is an evacuation corridor.
“I’ve said it severally. We are going to end carbon credit by emission of concretes road pavement because this has no emission compared to other pavements. We are going to end carbon credit by the reason of using solar which is important. We are going to be planting trees all through”, he said

The Minister commended Nigerians for their cooperation, support to Renewed Hope road infrastructure initiatives, especially those who appreciate the legacy projects as part of national development programme vital for improving the standard of living.

He berated the twist of facts, falsehood, and inciting statements credited to the Landmark proprietor who claimed that his property worth billions of naira was destroyed and one woman trending online who claimed her property worth $250m was affected by the Highway project.
According to the statement released by his aide, Umahi maintained that such claims were irresponsible and delusive. “And so, I want Nigeria to have hope in the new administration.

“We are building for the future, and the inherited projects are giving adequate attention. I want to thank you for your commitments and the partnership.”

He assured of the determination of the President in delivering the awarded projects within a record time.