Boma Achenimie 
Minister of Works and former Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr David Umahi, has said that President Bola Tinubu has approved the design of the Sokoto-Badagry Highway project as part of efforts to improve economic diversification in the country.
The Minister made the disclosure on Sunday while speaking during the inspection of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project and the Federal Government gazetted right-of-way in Lagos.
Umahi said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road project would be constructed within the “two-term tenure” of President Tinubu’s administration.
The minister said the government was committed to improving the economic diversification of the country through the development of road projects to improve economic corridors for business growth.
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Umahi said the Sokoto-Badagry Highway is 1,000 kilometres, adding that the project had been designed and approved by the Tinubu’s administration as part of the Renewed Hope agenda.
“We have another road project that will connect Enugu to Cameroon, Otukpo to Benue and Nasarawa,” he said.
The minister said the federal government was also committed to building coastal roads in the South West, South-South, North West, North Central of the country as part of its legacy project.
Umahi clarified that the coastal highway project would directly impact the economy, bring in foreign investors, improve ROI, bring in budding investors and attract multinationals into the country’s economic hub while improving the GDP.
He warned that those who have strayed into government lands would be properly addressed as the lands, and shorelines along the federal government gazetted right-of-way would be reclaimed.
