FG Renames Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway After President Tinubu

The Federal Government has renamed the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway the “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Coastal Highway,” according to the Minister of Works, David Umahi.

Mr Umahi disclosed the decision during a media briefing in Abuja on Thursday, saying the renaming was carried out by the Federal Ministry of Works in recognition of President Bola Tinubu’s role in conceiving the project.

“By the powers conferred on me as Minister of Works, in consultation with my Permanent Secretary, the Honourable Minister of State, directors and staff of the ministry, we decided to name it after him because of his dream for it,” Mr Umahi said.

According to the minister, President Tinubu first conceived the highway more than two decades ago while serving as Governor of Lagos State. “He had that dream about 27 years back as Governor of Lagos State. It is one thing to dream and another thing to have the grace of God to actualise that dream,” he said.

The 750-kilometre highway, estimated to cost N15 trillion on completion, is one of the Tinubu administration’s four flagship legacy road projects, alongside the Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway, the Trans-Sahara Highway, and the Akwanga-Maiduguri corridor. The project has attracted public debate over its cost and execution since construction began in March 2024.

Giving an update on construction progress, Mr Umahi said work was ongoing simultaneously across multiple sections. Section One, running from Victoria Island to Eleko Village in Lagos State, spans 47.47 kilometres and includes a 25-metre median reserved for a future railway line. Section Two, from Eleko Village to the Lagos-Ogun boundary, is about 60 per cent complete and is expected to be substantially finished by the end of November, with the exception of some bridge works.

The minister said construction was also progressing on sections of the highway passing through Ogun, Ondo, Cross River and Akwa Ibom states, with more than 360 kilometres currently under active construction.