Lagos-Calabar Coastal road: Outrage as FG proposes car N1,500; truck N5,000 per toll gate
•Says Landmark Resort, jobs won’t be affected •Property owners to be compensated •It’s a highway to fraud, waste – Atiku •FG not tired of inflicting pains on Nigerians – LP •Any toll above N300 unacceptable – CUPP •Luxury bus operators kick, say passengers will bear the brunt •Road may become highway of exploitation, fraud — NLC •Cost must be recovered, unwilling motorists should ply alternative routes – APC scribe Outrage, greeted the Federal Government’s proposal to charge N3,000 on average per toll gate when the Lagos-Calabar coastal road is completed. Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, confirmed the figure, when he was featured on a programme on Channels Television. Among those who kicked against the move and other details of the road, were the 2023 presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar; the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC; the Labour Party, LP; Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP; the Pan-Niger Delta For...