Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has debunked viral claim saying that many properties belonging to private citizens were destroyed while constructing Coastal Highway in Lagos State.
Umahi noted that Federal Government did not touch any part of Landmark Africa, as it was been discussed by Nigerians on social media.
The Minister made the clarification during the commissioning of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Phase 1 in Lagos State on Saturday.
INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that management of Landmark, operators of Landmark Beach, had sought compensation for the alleged demolition of its property worth billions of naira by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration, during the road construction.
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Umahi told Tinubu that no property of the private company was touched, emphasizing that what was touched was Landmark’s encroachment on the front shoreline.
He said: “Mr President, I want to state that we did not harm Landmark Property. As you are going, sir, you will see where this dual carriageway is divided into two.
“It is by your order that we should save as much infrastructure as possible, even though they violated the gazetted route, we did that, Mr President.
“The Landmark infrastructure is intact; what went off was their encroachment on our front shoreline. And the Supreme Court ruled that 250 metres from the shoreline belong to the Federal Government, and so we didn’t do that.”
via: Information Nigeria
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