FG renames Lagos-Calabar Highway after Tinubu

The Federal Government has renamed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway, with the Minister of Works, David Umahi, saying the move recognises the President’s long-standing vision for the project.

Umahi announced the decision during a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, where he also disclosed that Tinubu had approved the extension of the Fourth Legacy Highway and the reconstruction of sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

According to the minister, the Ministry of Works decided to name the highway after Tinubu following consultations with the ministry’s leadership.

He said the President conceived the coastal highway project about 27 years ago while serving as Governor of Lagos State and had now brought the vision to reality.

“That highway is named the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway. We decided to name it after him because of his dream for it. It is one thing to dream and another to have the grace of God to actualise that dream,” Umahi said.

The minister described the first section of the 750-kilometre highway, stretching from Victoria Island to Lekki, as a landmark infrastructure project. He said the 47.47-kilometre, six-lane carriageway includes a 25-metre median reserved for a future railway line.

Umahi also announced that Tinubu had approved a 400-kilometre extension of the Fourth Legacy Highway, increasing its total length from 700 kilometres to 1,100 kilometres.

He said the highway, initially planned to link Akwanga in Nasarawa State to Maiduguri in Borno State through Jos, Bauchi, Gombe and Biu, would now extend into Taraba State.

In addition, the President approved the dualisation of another 400 kilometres of the East-West Road, the reconstruction of sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway using reinforced concrete pavement, the completion of the abandoned Ibi Bridge in Taraba State and the construction of the 5.76-kilometre Lao Bridge.

Umahi said the projects are part of the Federal Government’s efforts to improve road connectivity, boost economic activities and modernise critical transport infrastructure across the country.