Former federal lawmaker, Ben Murray-Bruce, has challenged the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP, 2027 presidential candidate, Donald Duke, for describing the continuing Lagos-Calabar coastal road undertaking as unbuildable.
DAILY POST reviews that Duke, a former governor of Cross River State, made the comment throughout an interview, arguing that the swampy terrain in Bayelsa State would pose important challenges to the development of the proposed freeway.
According to him, the undertaking would require the development of quite a few bridges to navigate the swampy areas.
“The Lagos-Calabar Road is unbuildable. You can not even undergo Bayelsa. Bayelsa is a swamp. Even Yenagoa, the capital, is a swamp.
“You will probably have to build about 100 or 200 bridges to go through those swamps,” the previous governor stated.
However, reacting in a put up on his official X deal with on Friday, Murray-Bruce shared {a photograph} which he claimed confirmed Duke praising the coastal road vision whereas they stood collectively on the shoreline.
The former senator’s put up challenged Duke’s present place on the feasibility of the undertaking.
He wrote, “Some years in the past, you and I travelled alongside the stretch of the shoreline the place this road now runs, and I clearly keep in mind your reward for the vision behind it. That is why your current feedback stunned me.
“Yes, the Coastal Highway is dear. We agree on that. But nothing of lasting worth on this world is reasonable or free. Great nations are constructed by leaders keen to make daring, pricey investments that may serve generations but unborn.
“Mr. President dedicated to funding this undertaking, and he’s protecting that dedication. There isn’t any funding shortfall. The work is progressing, and the standard of development is second to none.
“When Governor Douye Diri recommended the road, he was not talking as an area champion; he was talking as a statesman who recognises infrastructure of worldwide normal when he sees it. I agree with him fully.
“Donald, I perceive that you’re working for president, and that your assertion is political. That is the character of the season, and I respect your proper to make your case to Nigerians. But we have to be cautious by no means to undermine a undertaking of nationwide significance, or the President delivering it, merely for political benefit.
“When mankind went to the moon, it was neither cheap nor free. But it was necessary. So is this road”.
