COASTAL HIGHWAY, is that NECESSARY NOW that our Economy is in the lowest Ebb ? by MNE. 

The Coastal Highway that will move from Lagos to Calabar, that is planned to take 8 POLITICAL years  which is 60 Calendar Years to complete, that project is a White Elephant Project (You know there has never being a White Elephant in creation, so when White Elephant project is cited, just know that it's UTOPIAN project).

As Channel reported and i provide 

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/04/11/coastal-road-to-be-completed-in-eight-years-cost-n4b-per-km-says-fg/

A Kilometer of the stretch will cost 4 Billion Naira, imagine COVERING Lagos alone will gulp over 6 Trillion if calculated with the projected price per KILOMETER. 

The Question is , what is Coastal Highway? 

Let me explain, Coastal Highway is brand of scenic view (alongside Water Line) while driving along an expanse road toeing the Water ways , as The Minister explained that there will be Litany of Toll Gates , each one will attract about 3K , so traveling from LAGOS to Calabar will take over 30K on Tolls alone , not including Fuels and others consumed during the trip ,in a Nation with 30K as minimum wage,where Bag of Rice is current 70k,where Lagos is selling Fuel at 1050 oer litre, where KEKE charge over 200 Naira per half kilometer,where the Government is trying to bring out many ways to frustrate the already frustrated citizens. COASTAL highway is the least of our worries today.

Such Roads should be with Train tracks and services to fasten journeys, but this particular one is analog brand of it ,just a stretch of wasted fund.

In a Good Mind , if NIGERIA can borrow or generate such money for COASTAL Road, why not use half of same and rebuild our deteriorated Roads across the nation,and use the other half to build railways that will criss Cross the Nation or Kwanu use the entire sum and build Under Ground rails, that way , MOVING from Lagos to ENUGWU won't be more than 1 hour and same with Sokoto to Ph won't be more than 2 hours,that way even safety of travelers shall be guaranteed. 

If we earmark money for this COASTAL LOAD or what they call ROAD, be rest assured that , it will end up like Candle in the wind, so many houses and businesses will be ruined and yet nothing will be make out of it, at least no child in Kindergarten today will make use of such Road,as they will all be long gone, while the project will remain on destruction of property level. 

My plea is for our leaders, to DO  us with Condom or lubricant, we know we are allergic to moving forward, but , let them have Mercy on us. 

Mkpisi Ndi Egede, Minority Opinion writer na South East, Mazi Odera POg JP.