Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has dismissed social media claims that the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway lacks drainage systems, describing them as misleading and harmful.
During a project tour in Lagos on Monday, Umahi explained that the design includes a dual underground drainage system stretching the full 750km of the road. “We have 750km of underground drainage system by two, which is 1,500km. People should stop spreading falsehoods,” he said.
The minister commended the contractor, Hitech Construction Ltd., for what he described as adherence to quality and safety standards.
The Lagos-Calabar highway is one of Nigeria’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, intended to connect nine coastal states. The six-lane highway will be built with reinforced concrete, solar-powered lighting, tolling infrastructure, a rail system, and CCTV surveillance. The first phase—47.47km in Lagos—commenced in March 2024.
