Lagos Flooding Not Because Of Coastal Road Project, Says Umahi

Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has dismissed comments about floods in Lagos, which many residents of the state linked to the Coastal Road project. 

Umahi spoke on Thursday during the flag-off of the rehabilitation of the second phase of the Babban Lamba–Sharam Road in the Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State.

“We are going to Lagos with our headmaster: the National Assembly works committees, and we are going to see what we can do to help the Lagos State government solve the flood problem. But it’s not caused by the coastal road at all,” the minister told the gathering. “In fact, the coastal road has been raised to bridge the gap so that the water from the ocean will not cross over to communities and estates.”