What No One Will Tell You about the Lagos Calabar Coastal Road (8 Months Later)

Let's explore the impact of the Lagos Calabar Coastal Road on Nigeria as well as on the host communities since it was started about 8 months ago
#coastalroad #lagoscalabar #nigeria

[@AfamOrji]

Help with get to 20k Subscribers.

[@isaacadelugba7444]

I am Lagosian, and I love your channel. This is really a transformative project.

[@AfamOrji]

Yes, it's really going to make a big difference. Thanks for watching.

[@kinzoogbugo1891]

What is transformative about it, when most of our federal roads in the country are bad

[@zeeone4492]

It is a corrupt money sharing project

[@olabodeolujomoye]

Good content, keep it up. A drone shot is very necessary for this type of content. Keep it up ❤

[@swing740]

They're making quick progress. Good to see.

[@AfamOrji]

Yes, they're making progress.

[@uchechiosuji-ibemere7732]

Good one👍. I hope they continue with the pace, even faster!

[@AyodeleOso]

Asiwaju is doing well. Infrastructural development will benefit all and sundry. Well appreciated.

[@zeeone4492]

Corrupt former drug lord The road will not be completed in iOS life time

[@globalblacktelevisionnetwo4688]

good job

[@robertanyanwu6339]

Beautiful

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks for watching.

[@sholasholknb9199]

Nice presentation , value addition always. Thanks

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks for watching.

[@oyeleyemuhideen7019]

Infrastructural development is way to go for growth and progress in any emerging country

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks for watching

[@jacstvofficial4490]

We are far behind in infrastructure! Corruption no allow us.

[@tmonney7109]

President Tinubu making bold moves for Nigeria. Forward ever!!

[@hustlecontinue-v4g]

What stupid bold steps is he making than slow down the economy and reducing the purchasing base.you are ellogising a complete failure.gullible human

[@WanderingAfricanQueen]

Welldone 🙌... amazing progress!

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks Victoria.

[@FrancisOmomoh]

Comprehensive.Welldone

[@FrancisOmomoh]

The road is world standard to behold quote me

[@ibijokeogboso9122]

Good presentation

[@AfamOrji]

Thank You.

[@Afrovii]

Afam looking beautiful🕺🏽😡

[@msaprofessionals2996]

I went to Eleko for an event recently and I misled my direction due ti the condition of the road I was almost at the Free Trade zine before beating a retreat to my actual location. The quality is there.

[@stepheniyoha-zs9rk]

Please always do well to add more aerial view and also if possible Modulation

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@fridaybenard8806]

Between road or rail I don't know which should come first in light of our unpleasant experiences with the Lagos-Benin express road that came before this.

[@alexxokonkwo2637]

I thought, the minister of works says they not continuing the road construction due to some unavoidable circumstances they discovered. Please, I need clarity on this. How true is this please?

[@joshuaisinkaye7690]

Not true

[@anthonydouji454]

Keep Nigerian informed about our national projects

[@NwambamdennisJohn]

Umahi you are doing great job but what do South East benefit from you as ministry representing us?

[@JohnDepounds]

dont mind the fool no south east single state where there fools from our land called their self our brother what a big shame

[@RaveTvMCR]

where is the rail line promised in between? good job

[@stephenayeni992]

Apparently the railroad is added in the later phases because of the size. It will started from the Ajah or Jakande axis

[@patrickizeze5659]

Nice one. But information on the exact status of the project was not stated. For instance it is starting from VI, They have passed Landmark, have they reached Jakande, or Osapa or Okun Ajah?

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks for the feedback. Will be doing a follow up video.

[@raydosng]

I think the road is standard, The concrete looks solid

[@AfamOrji]

Yes, it does look solid.

[@Seunlyon]

Where is the train track??

[@kelvinogbeide313]

Good question! Who knows they might have changed the design after deceiving Nigerians with such humongous amount for this project.

[@AnikulapoOlawale]

This area is Victoria Island, the train track will start from Lekki. If they have to start the train track from here, they will have to demolish more buildings than they did.

[@uchechiosuji-ibemere7732]

I hope that there is a plan for rail lines on the road, it will serve a great purpose.

[@AfamOrji]

yes, there will be a rail line in the median.

[@ugowilliams8437]

​@@AfamOrjiI thought the plan was later erased after the project got reviewed to cut cost?

[@samsonakala]

@@ugowilliams8437😊No, the rail will start from another point. Jakande I think. They didn’t include it at first because there will be too many demolitions and the government doesn’t have enough money for compensation

[@topeadebayo391]

I thought some people said the project was a scam?

[@akinmaxi]

❤❤❤

[@olamideantonio]

I can't believe people were against this project

[@oladeleadaraloye5699]

Igbo people and that is their normal way of life

[@olamideantonio]

@@oladeleadaraloye5699and they’ll be the ones to utilize the road cus they love traveling to their village.

[@jacstvofficial4490]

Do you have any idea how many bad federal roads we have? Why build new roads when old ones are hell? 🤷🏻‍♀️ or you haven’t travel long distances by road?

[@godfreyunaka6938]

@@oladeleadaraloye5699 this is not an ethnic issue. 1) Nigeria is broke and cannot afford this project. The project was awarded without a transparent bidding process which violates federal law, plus the winner of the contract is a business partner to the President. Besides Nigerians do not have a history of domestic tourism and just because you build a road does not mean people will use it. What is the current traffic data between Calabar and Lagos??? 2) With most Federal roads in deplorable conditions this should not have been a priority to the Tinubu govt. This project is not economically viable because it does not connect all the major urban centers between Calabar and Lagos like Benin, Sapele, Warri, Yenogoa ,PH ,Uyo etc. Which means you would have to build connecting major roads for any economic viability. The two main highways that have the most traffic and people willing and able to pay tolls are Lagos thru Ibadan, Abuja to Kano and Lagos Benin Asaba Onitsha Nnewi Enugu Aba to PH. The East West road which they have been stealing the funds for over 15 years would have and should have been a priority. 3) Topological challenges. In Delta state there are at least 3 significant Rivers and in Rivers at least 6 rivers that bridges would need to built across, so besides the engineering challenges there is the significant cost associated with building these bridges because the coast line in the Niger Delta is criss crossed with rivers and creeks. I encourage people to simply look at a map of Nigeria's coast line 4) Lastly I do not believe this road will go beyond the Lagos Ondo border, my personal opinion is that this project was a quick and immediate way for Tinubu to recoup funds spent on his. election, and also to continue building his empire in Lagos. I have offered to bet anyone 1 million Naira that the project will stop at the Lagos border. Note the current estimate for the full project is 13 Trillion Naira over at least 8 years which means with a currency that drops 10 to 20% a year final cost would be 25 trillion Naira which was the total 2023 FGN budget. These are all legitimate criticisms that have been shared by many Nigerians and its unfortunate your Igbophobia blinds you from seeing that this is a scam on Nigerians. Una Mumu Never Do. Naija we hail thee

[@funkeysho]

They can put u on new roads, then begin to work on the old ones. This to me is a better planning, otherwise there will be too much congestion plying old roads as they work on it.

[@suntanglory]

Nice one! I think the dredging of eko Atlantic phase 2 at the same time is holding them back,they would have gone a lot further with the road..Nice to see the progress though.l support this coastal highway,l think it is needed unlike sokoto to badagary.😅Thank you.

[@AfamOrji]

You mean a bit far from the water?

[@suntanglory]

@AfamOrji No,they are constructing eko Atlantic 2 as well as constucting lagos calabar coastal highway.

[@AdekunleEnoch-n1g]

It's not, do you know that the phase 2 has also started at the boundary between Lagos and Ogun, the Ogun waterside, the sokoto badagry is also important, it connects the sahel, it's am important trade route and we barely have highways in the country

[@suntanglory]

@@AdekunleEnoch-n1g Whst is not?If they were not building eko Atlantic at the same time they would have done a lot more than the current stage,including the phase 2 at the border of ogun state.

[@muhammedmuniru9840]

Sokoto Badagry is equally important if not more because most the food will eat in the country will be passing through that route.

[@AjahNnamdi]

The federal government are trying, may there work continue ijn

[@lorettachianumba4172]

Thanks for sharing, but the road seem not seem not to have any pedestrian walkway or drainage systems.

[@AfamOrji]

I'm not quite sure that there's a provision for it. I'll find out and do a follow up video.

[@akslink3399]

it has underground drainage

[@rasheedkehindegbadamosi6567]

You only show us the Victoria island area without the other areas your video is incomplete

[@zeeone4492]

That's all there is

[@TheBronzeSage]

Tinubu is looking to win the South without needing the Northern vote. If this road is completed before 2024, the South-South will pour all their votes into APC.

[@BosunAyeni-gi6tw]

Before 2024?

[@TheBronzeSage]

@BosunAyeni-gi6tw sorry 2027

[@faskwillad4765]

Don't forget Sokoto Badagry is also in the interest of the north.

[@abrahamemeka2127]

The project is for Nigeria not for zones. East , west North and south will use it .

[@toyou2635]

@@BosunAyeni-gi6twso what’s the need of sokoto badagry way if we should follow this ur yeye analysis 😊

[@omololu007samuel5]

Una don show us part of this road tire

[@AfamOrji]

More to come.

[@ojoemmanuel4350]

I can't see any drainage along this road. This is the cashcow for all incoming government as allocation will be made for repairs and maintenance.

[@olatunjihameed4538]

You don't construct drainage on full stretch of an highway, except for only few sections that require drainage

[@BekearereObaze]

Tinubu is the Father of modern Nigeria; like it or leave it.

[@JohnDepounds]

mumu

[@effiongukih8827]

What about the LAGOS - CALABAR RAIL LINE ???

[@FortuneFocus01]

Only the Lagos axis will be done, after which the project will fail.. 😮

[@marcikuesmarcikues4860]

Constructione road with out gutter is not okay

[@Chidiokeuka-ty6sk]

White elephant, tunibu and son will share the money for his Lagos governorship Election

[@olagunjubayo]

Repent and integrate

[@imalahugoachanum2160]

you were just parabolating around 1 meter and you call this review?

[@Nsibidiimohtep-pf9gh]

They shd mark the roads and no useless driving and all drivers must also be check no alcoholic drinks on the route and wreckless drivers behavior with cameras

[@EmekaAzuamah]

The road looks nice but I dod not see drainage and walkway pavement

[@AfamOrji]

I don't know if there's going to be a drainage and pavement because it's a federal road that runs through many states or there may decide to have it in the lagos side.

[@afroriginalvoice9419]

it's by the sea side and it's a high way . the sand nature would absorb any liquid then to the sea

[@AdekunleEnoch-n1g]

The drainage is under the sand, that's where the pavement will be, check out iamgbolahan

[@emmanuelogundipe3328]

I've seen the drainage system on another KZbin channel. It's an underground drainage system and there are few manholes around if you need to confirm it. For the completed section there are walkways

[@egieoyevalentineasenoguan3715]

underground drainage

[@TheMidasMD]

That road is too narrow for the urban traffic that it will have to sustain - you will need a minimum of 3 lanes on each side until the road gets out of Lagos when it can be reduced to two lanes per side. Ideally, the coastal road along VI all the way to Ibeju Lekki should have a minimum of 5 lanes in each direction. If we want to do something, let us do it properly once and for all!

[@ndgloballink]

The road is just four lane maybe it will expand in the front.

[@JohnDepounds]

mumu man

[@OrlundaFavourite-cp3mx]

No flowers in between? Nigeria should learn to beautify rosds not just to build

[@JohnDepounds]

go to school dude

[@DeejoeJAOtu]

Good job, you are doing, but you keep showing only one area as progress made for months

[@AfamOrji]

Thanks...I'll do a follow up video talking about the progress made.

[@DeejoeJAOtu]

@AfamOrji Thanks for the response,

[@bigsalas4584]

Is this another China project?

[@ogunleyepius4299]

it's not china

[@michaelgeorge9892]

Rubbish. Wht will hpn if the build production companies and multi, inter state train. That people will work in each of the train station. Hah tinubo and Co.

[@VivianOghenejobo]

We don't need it now. This is not necessary because federal roads of the south from Abuja to the southeast and South South are all in dilapidated. Our major priorities are those roads for now.

[@fatfarmers7360]

Mumu, what is this road for? Is this road not to the south as well? Ode. All you people want is for FG to keep sinking in trillions of naira year after year on old roads that have been dilapidated and need complete overhaul.

[@omosanyaabiodun3760]

It can ease the pressure on those roads and less distortion when fixing the dilapidated roads.

[@adamsow5049]

We need it only you know waiting you want . I don’t blame you na village you dey

[@nafiuakinloye6469]

The insults are needless. Why can't we have conversation without being touchy, aggressive? ​@@fatfarmers7360

[@JohnDepounds]

@@fatfarmers7360 mumu man done talk

[@saintgodfreytv9260]

I support and appreciate this project, but the road fall short of international standard, compare to the quality of roads we see here in Europe, Nigeria should employ competent construction company who will use latest technology to design project of such magnitude

[@ojofelix8069]

Negativity kpai u there.

[@azeeznurudeenademola2224]

I am in gulf countries, an engineer in infra, The standard here is not better than what they are showing us in that project....road quality is okay just need a better designated walkways and a bit aesthetic value.

[@AdekunleEnoch-n1g]

​@@azeeznurudeenademola2224it will be done, the sandy side is where the drainage is already, the walk way will be constructed there and the government also purchased lands to build hotels, results and government companies

[@JohnDepounds]

@@ojofelix8069 mumu talk from fools

[@dennisbrown7930]

A country like nigeria should not be making noise over this lagos calabar coastal road at all but why am I surprised? (ofcos this is nigeria, noisy people) Why should a country with over 250 million people be constracting a *2 lane double road* from lagos to calabar in 2024 when Ghana of just about 34 million is constracting a *6 lanes double road from Accra to Tema city* and another *6 lanes double road from Accra to Nsawam* town? Its a shame

[@ugowilliams8437]

The flooring does not look smooth, even and qualitative to me. I cannot also see well-designed drainage channels by the sides of the road or the more modern covered bucket sink drains in the middle of the roads. I wonder what design and method the contractor is using, unlike what I have observed in developed countries or any of the forward-thinking and futuristic African countries. The rough surface worries me and needs to be smoothed out to look like glazed pavements.

[@SomeGuy56131]

That’s not the final product.

[@oladeleadaraloye5699]

Novice 😅illiterate always best only in criticism, roads always come with first layer , Mr develop country 🙄 if you check the werey fit dey Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@iamemraysworld]

It's concrete. U do not expect it to be smooth. Go to Ebonyi and see

[@alegbekehinde8753]

I have been to the site on several occasions. There's underground drainage on the sides of the road just like Eko Atlantic drainage. Concrete circular pods have been laid at the edge of the road.

[@adamsow5049]

Bcos you have no knowledge of massive road construction projects.this why you can’t see all over night. When the road is not even completed.

[@SolomonMoses-f3x]

Is a scam tinubu will not complete it

[@dsd-dugbe]

Tinubu the performer

[@danielesu7747]

Where do you think he’d stop?

[@PAYDAYHEDGE]

he will stop at yoruba land of course, bigotted tribe that i wish,never existed

[@antepapa7433]

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