The Obong of Calabar Executive Forum, which is an advisory and executive arm of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar, has called on the Federal Government to start the construction of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway simultaneously from the Lagos and Calabar axes.
At a press briefing in the palace of Obong of Calabar, on Friday, the OCEF advised the FG to engage as many competent engineers and road construction contractors for the project.
The Chairman of the OCEF, Gershom Henshaw, said the coastal highway is a strategic national infrastructure that will transform the economic landscape of the nine states which the road project will traverse. Meanwhile, Secretary General, Northern Pentecostal Bishops, Bishop Jonas Katung, has condemned former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi over their stand against the Lagos-Calabar highway project.
No Fewer than 600 residents of Irawo, Owode, Ajegunle and Ikorodu Road, recently, benefitted from the three-day health week organised by Rotary Club of Onigbongbo in collaboration with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, under the leadership of its President, Babatunde Razaq Salau. The police in the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday deployed its personnel to the popular Banex Market in Wuse district to forestall a crisis after a group of suspected thugs attacked soldiers in uniform at the area. Traders in the area were said to have hurriedly locked up their shops as the crisis brewed…The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria on Friday began the sale of 2024 e-tags that would permit entry into the 24 federal airports in Nigeria.
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