Drama on Arise TV as Umahi tells anchor, ‘Let me educate you’

During an exclusive Arise TV interview about the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Works Minister David Umahi told anchor Ojy Okpe, “Let me educate you.” Asked about complaints that the project was causing flooding in Lagos communities, he said the highway is not flooded and would never be flooded. Umahi said homes along the corridor were built about 50 years ago below flood level, between the ocean and lagoon, and that the road was raised to protect residential areas. He added that the highway has about 10 evacuation channels and multiple culverts, and said flooding in the area predates the project.