Comrade Kelvin Enyam, Special Assistant to Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has urged youth and community leaders to ensure the protection of infrastructure along the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway.
Enyam, who is also the convener, community of comrade, South South said this on Monday when he led other students leaders on a facility tour of the Akwa Ibom section of the coastal highway along Nsit Atai Local Government Area.
He said that the community of comrades, South South after the tour, were satisfied with the quality of work done on the coastal highway.He charged the youth and community leaders where the coastal highway passes through to take ownership of the project, and protect its infrastructure from vandals.The student leader added that the coastal highway would be of economic benefits to the communities, states and nation, and therefore must be safeguarded.He commended President Bola Tinubu for the huge investment in the construction of the coastal highway, adding that the students community would support him in 2027 to win and complete the project.
“So we are calling on all our youth, please take ownership of your project.
“We are here on ground and we are ready to take charge of our project.
“We are ready to give Mr President a second term to come and complete this project, because we cannot leave this project halfway,” Enyam said.
Mr Vincent Okoduwa, Federal Controller of Works in Akwa Ibom who took the students leaders around said that nine out of the 41 kilometres of the Akwa Ibom section of the highway had been completed.
The controller of works added that nine kilometres of Section 3A of the coastal highway had been completed with solar powered street lights.Okoduwa said that the federal government was satisfied with the quality of materials used by contractors on the coastal highway.He said that Lagos-Calabar coastal highway is built with continuously reinforced concrete pavement which was meant to be more durable than asphalt.
“Now we can see after that we have the concrete poles, which are about nine metres long, and we have the solar light, which is a-300 watt lighting system.
“The essence is to light up this place at night and also help vehicular movement.
It also creates beauty on this road project.
“Basically, so far, we have done a maximum of nine kilometres stretch of this road, out of the 41 kilometre,” Okoduwa said.
The controller of works assured the people that funding would not be a hindrance to the completion of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, as it was receiving special funding.
Mr Jonny Dib, Construction Manager, Hitech Construction Company handling the project said that the quality of materials used on the road was of international standard.
Dib said that all materials used on the construction of the road must pass through a quality assurance test.
According to him, any materials that failed the test were not used in the construction of the coastal highway.
He said that the company had received maximum cooperation from the host communities, stressing there was no disruption of activities.
