May 29: President Flags Off Construction Of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway,As Akpabio lnaugurate Reconstructed Apapa Oworonshoki-Ojota Express Way.
……….It is my bragging day—Tinubu
Emmanuel Clement
Ahead of his one year in office, President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road.
The event took place in the Victoria Area of Lagos State on Sunday by 6.30pm and was attended by top government dignitaries including the Minister of Works Dave Umahi, and Senate President Godswill Akpabio,Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos; his Ogun counterpart Dapo Abiodun, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, and the Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, among others.
During the event, President Tinubu expressed optimism that the road will be completed, describing the flag-off as his “bragging day”.
He said,“It’s my bragging day, we will do this road. We are determined to do it.”he submitted
Earlier the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio represented the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the commissioning ceremony to inaugurate the reconstructed Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway after the competition of the project that started about six years ago.
Senate President, Godwill Akpabio who was in company with the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and others stated that the Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway reconstruction was carried out by the Dangote Group in conjunction with the Federal Government.
The Senate President hailed the work done on the Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway and the Third Mainland Bridge, stating that it is a great feat by any standard.
Speaking also at the event, Umahi praised the construction company Hitech, saying that no other one can compete with them when it comes to concrete road construction.
He said that the work done by the Federal Government on the Third Mainland Bridge, another project for commissioning same day, was more that rehabilitation work.
Explaining why the project took so long to be completed, Dangote said the government initially gave the company only sections one to three of the road before realising that the section two that was built with asphalt was also bad. He said that they were only given the section two when they were almost done with the sections one and three.
The Chairman of Dangote Group said the occasion marked a significant step in the journey towards transforming Nigeria’s infrastructure landscape.
Dangote praised the quality of the road, recommending that the Federal Ministry of Works consider replacing Nigeria’s asphalt roads with concrete roads.
After the commissioning of the Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota, the Senate President and other government officials left to join President Tinubu in the flag off of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
