Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, should not wait till Friday before disclosing the cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway project.
On Monday, Atiku had faulted the President Bola Tinubu -led administration for awarding the 700-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project to Gilbert Chagoury’s Hitech Construction Company Limited “without any evidence of competitive bidding or a decision by the Federal Executive Council ”. Atiku claimed that the award was cloaked in mystery because Umahi declined to reveal the contractual amount involved. He also asked why the Tinubu administration released N1.
Reacting, Umahi, in a statement issued through his Special Adviser on Media, Orji Uchenna, promised that the total cost and breakdown of the project would be made available to the public on Friday in Lagos. Umahi criticized the former Vice President, noting that he “doesn’t understand figures”. However, speaking through Phrank Shaibu, his Special Assistant on Media, Atiku questioned why Umahi should wait for that long to disclose the cost of the project.
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