The Nigerian government has announced that 30 kilometres out of 70 km of the Lagos-Calabar Highway phase 1, Section 1 will be completed in May 2025.
Nigerian Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this on
Saturday at a stakeholders’ meeting on the road construction.
He said, “30km out of 70km of Channel Zero, Lagos-Calabar
Coastal Highway to be commissioned in May 2025.”
This comes as the government revealed that N15 billion out
of the N18bn meant for the first phase of compensation to owners of demolished
properties along Section One of the Lagos-Calabar Highway has been disbursed.
The Director of Federal Highways, Bridges, and Design at the
Federal Ministry of Works, Bede Obioha, at the event said the quantum of
compensation was more than N18 billion.
“For Section 1, 47.7 km, the quantum of compensation already
put together is in excess of N18bn, and so far the contractor has managed to
disburse over N15bn,” he said.
Recall that the highway was inaugurated by President Bola
Ahmed Tinubu’s administration in March last year with a N4 billion per
kilometre cost.
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