Former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has disclosed that the federal government of Nigeria cannot afford the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, noting that it won’t go anywhere.
Speaking on Arise TV on Tuesday night, August 4, Duke who is the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), presidential candidate, argued that the project is unnecessary and will not go beyond Epe.
He said: “Nigeria cannot afford the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. I don’t think the road will go beyond Epe. And I think the road serves other purposes because I drove once on the road, and all I saw was land reclamation and all that. There is already a road from Lagos to Calabar. I’ve driven from Lagos to Calabar several times. If the road is poor, fix it.
“There are some expenditures we make that do not reflect the realities of our circumstances.
The amount spent on that road could be better spent providing electricity or upgrading the healthcare system.”