Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has criticised the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, accusing him of evading questions about the cost of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project approved by President Bola Tinubu.
Makinde, who spoke on Friday, was reacting to Umahi’s heated exchange with Arise TV presenter Rufai Oseni earlier in the week, during which the minister declined to provide a cost breakdown of the project on a per-kilometre basis.
Oseni had asked Umahi to explain the project’s cost per kilometre, a question the minister dismissed as “elementary,” insisting that the prices vary along different sections of the road and that the journalist lacked the technical knowledge to understand the process.
POWER OF FAVOUR?
(Silent, Powerful, Spiritual)
Don’t miss out on your desires. You are not the only one pursuing them. Command power of favour to achieve your heart desires:
In your undertakings. Work. Job. Career. Profession. Business. Politics. Workplace. Powerful position. Patronage. Selling. Contract. People/ crowd. Global fame. Love matters. Etc.
SPIRITUAL CONSULTATION ON:
Spiritual power of favour over efforts alone for desired outcome. Overcome delay with power of favour. Overcome rejection with power of favour. Other matters.
For Spiritual Consultation, Guidance, Contact:
DR. J.A FAROS
Call/ Whatsapp + 2 3 4 0 7 0 3 0 5 1 4 0 6 3
Sango-ota. Lagos. Nigeria.
Distance no barrier( 3 options)
By Unlimiting Power of God, Every Dream materialized.
Umahi said, “Keep quiet and stop saying what you don’t know. I’m a professor in this field… The prices are different. The next kilometre is different from the next kilometre.”
Governor Makinde, however, defended the journalist, saying Umahi’s evasiveness was unnecessary.
“They asked a minister how much the coastal road is, and then you’re dancing around, saying the next kilometre is different from the next. Then what is the average cost?” Makinde said.
He compared the coastal project to road works executed under his administration, providing clear figures.
“When we did the Oyo to Iseyin road, it was about ₦9.99 billion for roughly 35 kilometres, an average of ₦238 million per kilometre.
“For the Iseyin to Ogbomoso road, 76 kilometres cost ₦43 billion, about ₦500 million per kilometre. And that included two bridges,” the governor explained.