The presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) for the 2027 election, Donald Duke, has claimed the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project may never extend beyond Epe in Lagos State.
Speaking on Tuesday during an interview on Prime Time, an Arise Television programme, the former Cross River State governor contended that Nigeria lacks the financial capacity to execute the 750-kilometre coastal highway while grappling with pressing challenges in healthcare, education and electricity.
Duke questioned the feasibility of constructing a highway across the Niger Delta’s swampy terrain, particularly in Bayelsa State, where he said the geographical conditions would require the construction of hundreds of bridges.
“I’ll bring this up. Take the Lagos-Calabar highway. I know the country cannot afford it,” he said.
“You cannot build a road on the coast from Lagos to Calabar. I mean, you can’t even go through Bayelsa. Bayelsa is swamp. Even Yenagoa, the capital, is
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