Presidency knocks Donald Duke over Lagos-Calabar Highway comment

The Presidency has rejected claims by the statesmanlike campaigner of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, Donald Duke, that the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway volition terminate astatine Epe successful Lagos State, insisting that operation has already progressed into Ogun State.

According to the Presidency, the erstwhile Cross River State governor’s remarks were politically driven and did not bespeak the existent advancement of the project.

Duke, who served arsenic politician of Cross River State betwixt 1999 and 2007 and was the Social Democratic Party, SDP, statesmanlike campaigner successful the 2019 election, had reportedly questioned whether the road would widen beyond Lagos.

Responding to the criticism, the Presidency described the comments arsenic misplaced and lacking factual basis.

Senior Special Assistant to the President connected Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi, said the erstwhile politician was disregarding the realities connected the crushed by suggesting that the task would extremity successful Lagos and by challenging its relevance.

In a station shared via his verified X account, Ajayi said: “Former Governor Donald Duke, who wants to go President connected the banner of an unviable governmental platform, has besides joined the chorus of those saying the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway volition not spell beyond Lagos State.

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