Lagos-Calabar Highway: Why I Question the Inland Detour

I am not writing to mock the Tinubu administration. I am questioning why a project presented as a Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway may now leave the coast after Lagos and Ogun and connect to the East-West Road through an inland route. The reported change raises serious questions about planning, environmental assessments, soil investigations and value for money. Communities in Ondo and the Niger Delta, as well as people affected by demolitions along the early sections, deserve clear explanations and published technical documents. Difficult coastal terrain is not unique to Nigeria. Other West African countries have built roads through wetlands and mangrove areas after detailed feasibility studies and ground-improvement work. If the route has changed because of peat soil, flooding and bridge costs, the government should explain whether those risks were identified before construction began. I believe Nigerians should ask whether the revised alignment still delivers the promised economic benefits, what it will cost, and whether a new environmental assessment will be conducted for a materially different route.

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