Lagos-Calabar highway: Makinde demands audit of N15trn project
The Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation has demanded a comprehensive audit of the N15 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, accusing the Federal Government of raising fresh questions about its…
The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a roughly 700km project announced in 2024 to link Lagos to Cross River State along the coastline, has been one of the Tinubu administration's flagship infrastructure undertakings, with its award to a single contractor and multi-trillion-naira price tag drawing scrutiny from the outset. Critics have repeatedly questioned the project's costing, the absence of a competitive bidding process, and alterations to its original route, including sections passing through environmentally sensitive and historically significant areas.
The demand for an audit from the Makinde-Daura Presidential Campaign Organisation signals a fresh political dimension to the controversy, with the camp alleging the contract was structured from the start to serve as a funding channel for the ruling APC rather than purely a road project. The coverage converges on the call for an audit and the allegation of financial impropriety tied to "project realignment," but neither report details who would conduct such an audit, how the N15 trillion figure was arrived at, or how the Federal Government has responded to the specific allegations.