President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, will on Saturday, 31 May 2025, commission the first completed section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, alongside several other signature road infrastructure projects across southern Nigeria.

The Honourable Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, disclosed in a statement that the President had approved the commissioning of Phase I, Section I of the historic highway, spanning 30 kilometres from Ahmadu Bello Way to the Jakande Estate area of Lekki, Lagos. The event is scheduled to take place at KM 8 of the project corridor.

The Coastal Highway, conceived by President Tinubu nearly three decades ago, is designed to transform transport connectivity across nine coastal states, foster regional integration, and boost economic inclusion. Now, as President and Commander-in-Chief, Tinubu is delivering on that long-held vision, which the Ministry of Works describes as a Renewed Hope Legacy Project.

Minister Umahi called the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway a signpost of holistic road infrastructure transformation. “If the Coastal Highway could be this beautiful, how will the streets of heaven be?” he added, praising the project’s engineering design and aesthetic quality.

Alongside the highway, the President will also virtually commission several completed projects, including the dualisation of the East–West Road from Eleme Junction to Ahoada in Rivers State covering 94 kilometres; the expansion and reconstruction works on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway (Sagamu to Ibadan section) in Ogun and Oyo States spanning 166.8 kilometres; the rehabilitation of the Alesi–Ugep Road in Cross River State totalling 67.1 kilometres; the reconstruction of the collapsed New Artisan Bridge on the Enugu–Port Harcourt Road in Enugu State (75 metres); the construction of a new 75-metre bridge at Akpoha in Ebonyi State to replace a near-collapse structure; the rehabilitation of the Enugu–Lokpanta section of the Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway with an initial 16 kilometres delivered; the rehabilitation of the 30.4-kilometre Ikorodu–Sagamu Road in Lagos and Ogun States; the upgrading of a 15-kilometre section of the East–West Road from Port Harcourt (Eleme Junction) to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State; and the rehabilitation and expansion of the Lagos–Badagry Expressway from Agbara Junction to the Nigeria–Benin Border in Lagos State, covering 48.6 kilometres of dual carriageway.

In addition, the President is scheduled to flag off key new projects, including the Ibadan–Ife–Ilesha–Akure–Benin Highway traversing Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Edo States; the construction of the Nembe–Brass Road; a section of the Enugu–Onitsha Carriageway with a total length of 107 kilometres; and the Abakpa Flyover in Enugu State.

These projects are part of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope infrastructure agenda, which aims to boost economic resilience, ease regional mobility, and stimulate national development.

Dignitaries expected at the commissioning include state governors, members of the National Assembly, federal ministers, heads of government agencies, development partners, and stakeholders from the construction and transport sectors.

Minister Umahi extended goodwill to all invited guests, expressing confidence that the events would mark a major milestone in Nigeria’s road infrastructure journey, and serve as a model of excellence across Africa.

Ozioma Samuel-Ugwuezi

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