The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said President Bola Tinubu has given the green light to commence the design of the 1000-kilometre Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway.<\/p>\n
Umahi disclosed this after inspecting the end of Section One, Phase One, of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and its realignment in Lagos on Sunday, saying the coastal road would connect the South-West, South-South, North-East, North-West and North-Central regions of Nigeria when completed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy that Mr President has also directed me to start the immediate design of the Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis one is a spur of the Coastal highway, and that one is 1000 kilometres.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve started the design and I\u2019m very sure that as soon as Federal Executive Council approves it, we will be starting at Sokoto side, which is the zero point.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also have another spur which is going to go from Enugu -Abakaliki-Ogoja going to Cameroon.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we have that spur and it\u2019s about 361 kilometres, going through Otukpo to Benue to Nasarawa and ends up at Apo in Abuja.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also going to be presenting it to Mr President, and when this is done, then the coastal routes like we promised will go to circ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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