Nigeria's 750-kilometer Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will be completed in just over three years, Works Minister David Umahi told Arise News on October 23, as reported by Nairametrics. Work is under way on five of nine sections, with Rivers, Delta, Bayelsa and Edo still to be covered, he said. In September 2024 he had put the whole project at about eight years from its March 2024 start, Arise News reported.
Analysis: The minister's new timetable implies completion around 2030 rather than the roughly 2032 date in the earlier estimate, by our calculation. But four of the nine sections have not been awarded, and design and procurement are being handled separately along the 750-km route. The final cost and route through the Niger Delta therefore remain uncertain. Contractors and building-material suppliers could gain further orders as new sections are let. The more immediate milestone is Section Two at the Lagos-Ogun border, which the minister said in May was due in November.
Source: Nairametrics, Works Minister David Umahi, interview with Arise News, October 23, 2026, as reported by Nairametrics, October 2026; Nairametrics, Arise News, October 23, 2026; also Nairametrics, October 23, 2026 ("What you should know"), September 2024 (estimate); Nairametrics, Arise News, October 23, 2026, November 2026 (target)