Nigeria, April 12 -- The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, says the 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road will be constructed at N15 trillion.

He said a kilometre of the road would cost N4 billion.

Mr Umahi stated this at different media interviews on Thursday in response to the controversy trailing the award of the road contract.

Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, recently raised several questions regarding the contract award.

The former vice president, in a series of statements, specifically raised concerns about the cost of the project, the lack of competitive bidding and opacity in the funding structure of the project.

In one of the statements, Atiku said Hitech, a company owned by Gilbert Chagou...