The 700-kilometre highway spanning nine coastal states has been criticised by Lagos residents whose properties were marked for demolition
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However, the residents kicked against the notices, saying an alignment for the coastal road was established as far back as 2006, and they ensured that their properties did not encroach on the designated alignment, thereby avoiding potential conflicts with the planned coastal road construction. “From our findings, the Honourable Minister has found it challenging to follow the presidential directive in the Lafiaji Area. We discovered that amongst some huge housing estates that allegedly have sprung up illicitly on the long-established Right of Way are Ocean Bay Estate and others.PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism for Nigerians, by Nigerians — and our community of supporters, the readers who donate, make our work possible.
While expressing their unflinching support for executing the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project by the long-established Right of Way, the residents reiterated their request for President Tinubu to protect and uphold their legal rights and interests. “ Why are we- the law-abiding citizens being rewarded with oppression, while violators, who knowingly and arrogantly built on the long-established Right of Way, are being treated with reverence?”
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