The Honourable Minister of Works, His Excellency, Sen. Engr. Nweze David Umahi has said the crack on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is not a structural failure.
The Minister revealed that he has received over 500 messages from Nigerians about the crack that was noticed at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
Speaking at a press conference to address the issues around the project, in Abuja on Wednesday, Engr. Umahi said that the section of the road where the crack is noticed has not been completed.
“I have gotten over 500 concerns about a crack they noticed at the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Highway Section 1.
“And I was wondering whether they’re sending it in good faith, or they’re sending it to mock me to say, look at the project you’re proud of, looking at what is happening. Let me tell you that nothing is happening. Nothing!
“Absolutely, it’s not an issue at all. That section has not been completed. Section 1 is 47.47 kilometres by six”. And so you have the main carriageway, you have the shoulder, and so where you notice the crack is some huge section of the shoulder, and not the carriageway with stone base, where we are not presently working on”.
“So ladies and gentlemen, that thing is not a structural failure at all”, he clarified.
While calling on the members of the public to disregard the crack and the negative impression created from it, the Minister emphasized that there is no section of the completed carriageway that has cracked.
“I want the society to disregard that, you know, social media circulation, and to be assured that work is ongoing. In fact, I directed them to go and close these places. So it’s not an issue at all.
“Disregard it. And there is no section of the completed carriageway that has cracked, and it will not crack, he concluded.