Tag: David Umahi

Minister threatens to revoke Kogi-Benin Road contracts
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Lagos-Calabar highway: Lawyer knocks Umahi for calling ancestral villages shanties

The communities located along the right of way of the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway have lampooned the minister for works, David Umahi for referring to their ancestral God-given villages as shanties. This disclosure was made by a lawyer, Oladotun Kazeem on behalf of the communities during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday. Kazeem emphasised […]

Minister threatens to revoke Kogi-Benin Road contracts
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Minister threatens to revoke Kogi-Benin Road contracts

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has issued a stern ultimatum to contractors handling sections I-IV of the Lokoja-Benin and Obajana Junction-Benin roads in Kogi and Edo states, threatening to revoke their contracts if they fail to sign the reviewed contract agreements. He set a deadline of Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, 2024, […]

Nigeria is entering an era of concrete highways - FG
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Nigeria is entering an era of concrete highways – FG

Nigeria is progressively transitioning to the era of concrete roads, according to Minister of Works, David Umahi. According to The Punch, Umhai pointed out that President Bola Tinubu was the one who first proposed concrete roadways. Umahi allegedly made this statement while inspecting the ongoing dualization of the Calabar-Odukpani-Itu and Ikot-Ekpene Road, which crosses the states […]