President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal road.
The event took place in the Victoria Area of Lagos State on Sunday and was attended by top government dignitaries including the Minister of Works Dave Umahi, and Senate President Godswill Akpabio among others.
Others include Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos; his Ogun counterpart Dapo Abiodun, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, and the Kwara State governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.
During the event, President Tinubu expressed optimism that the road will be completed, describing the flag-off as his “bragging day”.
“It’s my bragging day,” he said. “We said we would do this road. We will do this road. We are determined to do it.”
