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Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by zero8zero(op): 12:01pm On Jan 17, 2025

David Umahi, minister of works, says funding for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project was included in the 2025 appropriation bill.

In December 2024, President Bola Tinubu presented a N49.7 trillion 2025 budget proposal to the national assembly.

Heads of various ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) have been appearing before the national assembly to defend their budgetary allocations.

In January, BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation that promotes transparency, said funding for the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway was not included in the 2025 appropriation bill.

The development sparked mixed reactions on social media, with many questioning the rationale behind the federal government demolishing properties to make way for the project without funding for it.

Speaking on Thursday during the inauguration of the rehabilitation of Abuja to Kaduna road, Umahi said the coastal project was erroneously written in the budget document as ‘Lagos-Port Harcourt’.

The minister said his ministry is interfacing with the national assembly to correct the mistake.

“I think there was a little error. What you have in the budget is Lagos-Port Harcourt coastal highway,” he said.

“It is supposed to be the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. We are interfacing with the committee chairman to correct it. It is a mistake.”

Checks by TheCable show that N100,000,000 was budgeted for a line item tagged as ‘Lagos-Port Harcourt coastal highway’ with the status as ‘ongoing’.

https://www.thecable.ng/umahi-funding-for-coastal-road-project-erroneously-written-as-lagos-ph-in-2025-budget/

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by zero8zero(op): 12:03pm On Jan 17, 2025

Case closed.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Bobloco: 12:24pm On Jan 17, 2025

Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Ojuntana: 12:36pm On Jan 17, 2025

Lol

APC

100m for coastal highway in 2025 budget but was written a Lagos-PH

BTW, some zombies were arguing on another thread that since the project is PPP, it will be funded by the contractor and thus, can't appear in any budget

grin

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by wman(m): 12:36pm On Jan 17, 2025

That's a very expensive mistake for the major landmark infrastructure project of the Tinubu administration.

And I don't believe that it will take only N100 million from the budget.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Wealthoptulent(m): 12:37pm On Jan 17, 2025

zero8zero:
https://www.thecable.ng/umahi-funding-for-coastal-road-project-erroneously-written-as-lagos-ph-in-2025-budget/

Gate way FUNDS; NOW CLOSED

Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by free2ryhme: 12:37pm On Jan 17, 2025

zero8zero:
https://www.thecable.ng/umahi-funding-for-coastal-road-project-erroneously-written-as-lagos-ph-in-2025-budget/

It’s quite suspicious that the funding for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project was misrepresented in the budget as "Lagos-Port Harcourt." This raises red flags, especially considering the history of budget padding in the Senate.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by free2ryhme: 12:37pm On Jan 17, 2025*

zero8zero:
https://www.thecable.ng/umahi-funding-for-coastal-road-project-erroneously-written-as-lagos-ph-in-2025-budget/

The misrepresentation of funding for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project in the budget is concerning, particularly with the confusion over the details. It brings to mind the PDP era, when many major projects went unaccounted for amid widespread corruption and embezzlement.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by salbis(m): 12:37pm On Jan 17, 2025

Every new day for dis country na new drama.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by AbuTwins: 12:38pm On Jan 17, 2025

Wey the budget itself make i check it with my korokoro eye!

All these cable check, this one checked that one checked no dey there at all!

Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by PRINCESSFCFANSs(f): 12:38pm On Jan 17, 2025

Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by shortgun(m): 12:41pm On Jan 17, 2025

Imagine the nonsense.
If they can’t even get a simple road name right, what’s going to happen with more serious issues like engineering designs, BoQs, and cost estimates? Tinubu and his team keep proving over and over that they don’t have the ability to run this country.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by mikeapollo: 12:41pm On Jan 17, 2025

zero8zero:
https://www.thecable.ng/umahi-funding-for-coastal-road-project-erroneously-written-as-lagos-ph-in-2025-budget/

This is what happens when you adopt ''rush rush'' approach to major projects.
Does it mean there was no scrutiny of the budget proposals at the Works Ministry before it was forwarded to the Finance Ministry, then to FEC?

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by iwaeda: 12:43pm On Jan 17, 2025

Only APC can make this erroneous inclusion to steal our common resources. grin

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by TimeManager(m): 12:43pm On Jan 17, 2025

Ojuntana:
Lol

APC

100m for coastal highway in 2025 budget but was written a Lagos-PH

BTW, some zombies were arguing on another thread that since the project is PPP, it will be funded by the contractor and thus, can't appear in any budget

If it's a PPP, FG has its own share of funding that would be captured in the budget. This isn't unusual, a lot of manual errors occur in budgeting and that's why each agency appears before the Senate to correct the grey areas.

-Kiss the truth!

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by JAWBONE(m): 12:43pm On Jan 17, 2025

Don't worry, You Umahi together with your corrupt boss will not escape judgement over this grand theft in the name of a useless coastal highway project

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Gadafii: 12:45pm On Jan 17, 2025*

"E be like say them wan tell us another story again ooo"

Abeg which artist sing that one that year

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by TimeManager(m): 12:46pm On Jan 17, 2025

iwaeda:
Only APC can make this erroneous inclusion to steal our common resources.

All the road projects PDP budgeted for 16years, how many of the roads did they construct?, and did they refund our money?

-Kiss the truth!

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Racoon(m): 12:47pm On Jan 17, 2025

Coastal highway of fraud and corruption. Awon adigun jale set of criminals

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Revealpanda: 12:48pm On Jan 17, 2025

TimeManager:
If it's a PPP, FG has its own share of funding that would be captured in the budget. This isn't unusual, a lot of manual errors occur in budgeting and that's why each agency appears before the Senate to correct the grey areas.

-Kiss the truth!

Headless Buffon.

Will defend anything as long as your monthly 30k is sure

Pigs like you reason the country will never be better

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by iwaeda: 12:49pm On Jan 17, 2025

TimeManager:
All the road projects PDP budgeted for 16years, how many of the roads did they construct?, and did they refund our money?

-Kiss the truth!

Buhari acknowledged he completed them. How can you call Lagos-PH coastal road grin

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by bestman09(m): 12:51pm On Jan 17, 2025

If Nigeria is a sane country, then those involved in the mistake should be sanctioned because if any money was approved for Lagos/PH road and you divert it for coastal highway, it is called misappropriation and diversion of funds.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by blackmantis: 12:52pm On Jan 17, 2025

If the subheading was erroneous what about the figures. How can N100m be adequate for such a humongous project. Even if it's ppp.

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by SmartPolician: 12:58pm On Jan 17, 2025

That's what you get when you have criminals running your country! Excuses upon excuses! grin

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Re: Umahi: Funding For Coastal Road Erroneously Written As ‘Lagos-PH’ In 2025 Budget by Ojuntana: 12:59pm On Jan 17, 2025

TimeManager:
If it's a PPP, FG has its own share of funding that would be captured in the budget. This isn't unusual, a lot of manual errors occur in budgeting and that's why each agency appears before the Senate to correct the grey areas.

-Kiss the truth!

How much has the contractor spent so far

Will 100m be OK for govt counterpart funding for 2025? cheesy