File: Minister of Works, David Umahi
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has hit back at those criticising the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway being embarked upon by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying the critics were only jealous of Tinubu’s achievements.
Recently, the Secretary-General of pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Sola Ebiseni, in an open letter to the president, called on Tinubu to review the alignment of the highway to include coastal communities in Ondo State.
He also decried that more than 100 kilometres of the state’s coastline had been bypassed in the highway’s alignment.
Speaking after inspecting the ongoing coastal highway project in the Ila llaje Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, Umahi said the critics were allegedly attacking the president because they never believed the project could be a success.
