The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned claims being made by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration bout the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project.
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned claims being made by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration bout the Lagos-
Responding to Umahi's revelation, Atiku said the tentative cost was the equivalent of the total budget of all 36 states of the federation combined. The former Vice President noted that in the 2024 budget, the project was captured as the Lagos-Port Harcourt coastal highway and was put at a cost of N500m.
The PDP presidential candidate also lambasted Umahi for admitting that the project was given to Gilbert Chagoury's Hitech construction company without a competitive bidding. "He claims he didn't know there was a business relationship between Gilbert Chagoury and Tinubu, but this is another lie because Tinubu has publicly acknowledged this fact."There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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