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The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has expressed his willingness to address the House of Representatives’ investigation regarding the N15tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway road project controversy.

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Umahi mentioned his intention to broadcast the event live on television so that it could be viewed by all Nigerians.

The minister emphasized that there is complete transparency regarding the project, affirming that both him and the Ministry of Works meticulously adhered to proper procedures and acquired all essential approvals and documentation before initiating the project.

He said, “I am ready to face the National Assembly to defend the project. I will not want to say anything now till I meet with the senators and House of Reps members. It will be live so you will also hear it. It will be live so that Nigerians will see it,”

“When people say the project is on personal interest, there is a contradiction there. This is because Atiku Abubakar said the Jonathan administration wanted to do that project which would have cost about $12bn or so. So, whose interest was that administration promoting in trying to do that project?

“I have a design from the NDDC (Niger Delta Development Commission) on that project. The NDDC designs are quite bulky. When I was implementing this current project, I had to call for the design. There is no personal interest in this project. The idea of that project came from the ingenuity of Mr President (Bola Tinubu) when he was governor; he was the one who procured the right of way within the Lagos corridor and gazetted it.”

“The reason for the project taking off now is all about how we can inject some activities into the economy. If we want to come out of inflation, we have to look at investments in infrastructure and that is what this project is addressing. It is addressing a lot of elements of return on investments. There is no personal interest associated with that.

“It is quite petty to ask why it is starting from Lagos and not Calabar. The name of the project is ‘Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road’ and not the other way around. This means there is a zero point, which happens to be at Ahmadu Bello Way, which coincides with the Eko Atlantic. That is pure coincidence. We have started the project already and it is progressing. As of today, I can tell you that about 80 per cent of the first 1.3km is completed.”

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2027: ADC has no preferred presidential aspirant – David Mark

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The Interim National Chairman of the newly formed opposition coalition party, the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, has clarified that the party has no preferred presidential aspirant for the 2027 general elections.

Mark made this statement on Tuesday while addressing stakeholders of the Kogi chapter of the ADC at a meeting in Abuja.

The former Senate President assured Nigerians that, under his leadership, the party would operate with complete transparency.

“The ADC has no preferred or favourite presidential aspirant, but has set out to first put out a platform that would be attractive and acceptable to the majority of Nigerians.

“We are doing this because we do not want this great ship called Nigeria to sink, because if we do not rise up now and it sank all of us will be affected,” he said.

According to him, all members of the party are equal stakeholders, equal joiners, and equal owners.

The former military governor of Niger State urged members to put aside their differences and work as a team.

He called on some politicians to stop attacking others and instead focus on addressing the key challenges facing the nation, such as insecurity, which the ADC leadership has pledged to tackle if it assumes power.

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APC chieftain backs ADC coalition, slams Tinubu for disappointing Nigerians

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jackson Lekan Ojo, has stated that the coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) is justified in its attempt to displace the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027.

Ojo argued that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has wrecked Nigeria beyond repair and that the country requires urgent rescue.

He claimed that if it is true that previous governments failed, then “the government of Tinubu” is a “super failure.”

The politician and political affairs analyst made these remarks while speaking as a guest on a radio programme monitored by our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday.

He said, “The nation’s economy is in shambles, security is in coma; people are dying daily, many cannot afford to eat. Before, when you had N1,000, you could even invite your friends to take pepper soup and some bottles, but now, N1,000 cannot buy a bottle of stout. The present administration has failed Nigerians.

“Nigeria is not moving again. People are dying of hunger. Nothing is working in Nigeria. There is no principle of checks and balances. It has been buried because the people at the National Assembly are rubber-stamped. We cannot continue like this,” he said.

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Atiku hosts Adamawa ADC stakeholders

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Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has hosted a delegation of prominent ADC stakeholders from Adamawa State at his residence in Abuja earlier on Monday.

The meeting comes ahead of plans by the coalition backed ADC to form a strong anti-Tinubu party ahead of 2027.

The delegation included the State Chairman, Hon. Adamu Shehu Yuhanna; the party’s 2023 gubernatorial candidate, Alh. Usman Muhd Shuwa; and the Legal Adviser to the State Chapter, Hassan Ahmadu Har.

Their discussions centered on the evolving political landscape, strategies for enhancing democratic governance, and their shared aspirations for the progress of both Adamawa State and the nation as a whole.

This is contained in a Facebook post by Atiku Abubakar media team on Monday.

The ADC has been mobilizing teams in states, especially Gombe and Adamawa.

This is part of plans to wrestle power from the Bola Tinubu led government at the polls.

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