Calabar Residents Differ Over Ongoing Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway Construction

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[@iamjdagba]

Well laced and articulated remarks by the Honorable Commissioner for Transportation CRS

[@suntanglory]

It is better,economically viable to embark on infrastructural project during difficult economy actually.Government spending on such project can get an economy moving again..

[@fashionpediaaa]

Good, well thought out project

[@elidrisidris8395]

This is a renewed hope, it should not only about rice.

[@kbwalker8741]

For food shortage, let everyone that is hungry go back to Farm

[@LawrenceUdoh-qd8bz]

Is a welcome idea but government should try and pay people's compensation on time

[@thomasassim-ita1787]

I strongly disagree they should fix Calabar/Itu highway from Calabar to Uyo first. This road is impassable driving from Calabar to Uyo takes three hours as against one hour. The commissioner talking about benefits lies. What industries do we have in Calabar or Cross River state that will drive the traffic? Have the state priorities industrialization? If Calabar were to be Aba in Abia state I would say yes that we have something that will drive the traffic. Our Calabar Port is patronised by Igbo people no Cross Riverian is in importation or manufacturing, none. Without our brothers from the South East Calabar Port is moribund. Start manufacturing in Cross River state today then the Coastal road will be economically viable for the state. Lastly, that project will not be completed in fifteen years take it or leave it. It's a noise that will die by 2025. It's an elephant project this administration is using to sell itself it will fizzle out in no time. Some people maybe against me but this is Nigeria this project will go nowhere

[@chiefs5822]

will you eat your words and admit you know nothing if it comes to fruition?

[@patmugambo7929]

The eleme section of the east west road has been abandoned because of lack of funds and inflation.....the road is just berely 13 kilometres....currently the contractor RCC has abandoned the road in eleme and we are here deceive ourselves about a costal highway of over 700 kilometres..we too play for nigeria

[@elidrisidris8395]

Job is on going on this section of road you mentioned.

[@patmugambo7929]

@elidrisidris8395 Who's this one .lols

[@loscasablanca7722]

Nigerians and complain na 5&6😮

[@oraksvisual8654]

Shut up . What of government's promised and fail

[@thomasassim-ita1787]

What is Cross River exporting to other states in Nigeria? What will boost the traffic of this highway? If the project is the eight wonder of the world you'll no be campaigning or try to sell it to the people on television

[@ekpoduke953]

On a good day we have over 300-600 heavy duty truck moving in and out of Cross River. We have the Lafarge, flour mill, Akamkpa quarries, tank farms etc that export goods to other states. The Coastal highway project in its self is not a bad idea especially as Calabar is in dire need of an alternative route to access the city even when the Calabar-Itu road is constructed

[@thomasassim-ita1787]

@@ekpoduke953 how much of Lafarge money gets to the state as revenue? How much of those things you've enumerated developed the state? You think I'm not aware of these things? I'm talking about industries and investments that has direct bearing on the people of the state. Like I mentioned Aba, the industries are there and are owned by the Igbos, they import through Lagos ports and take same to for distribution. Do you know the number of people that troup Aba daily, weekly, monthly. Have you asked yourself why every young person there is working or doing one business or the other? Can you count Igbo people property in Aba? Aba industries are owned by the Igbos and the wealth remains amongst them. How many Cross Riverians owned business or industries in Cross River? The answer is none. We should not fan ourselves for something that will not benefit our people

[@ekpoduke953]

I can understand that but the road whether it's built or not will not make Cross-riverians own industries but will allow for less trade barriers and allow a seamless access for goods and services

[@austynworldinc3455]

The roads doesn't just start in Lagos and ends in Calabar, we've got other states to. We've got industries in those states, we've got agricultural products and so on coming from those states, you asking that question seems you're ignorant or ill informed.