Honourable Minister of Works Inaugurates Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Section 1 Compensation  Committee, Gives 10 Days Deadline  For Completion Of Assignment

1. In keeping with the established rules on compensation and the ideals of transparency of  the Renewed Hope administration of His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, the Honourable  Minister  of Works, His Excellency Sen Engr Nweze David Umahi CON has constituted a committee  to review the  report on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in respect  of compensation for section 1, Lagos- Calabar Coastal Highway project. The committee  made up of 19 members is required  to interface with stakeholders  and property owners that will  be affected by  the project with a view to recommending  those who are entitled to receive compensation from Federal Government  as required  by law.  The Honourable  Minister   directed  that the commitee should  work strictly  with the terms of reference, which is to verify  and authenticate the list of those to be compensated and submit a report within 10 days effective 18th April 2024. He said, "We are setting up a review committee to look at the work done by the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA,) and the works to be reviewed by this committee is very simple, and it's just to interact with the property owners that are going to be affected, and then in their presence, in the presence of the committee and the ESIA Consultant and the contractor, look at the compensation as enumerated to be paid, and where possible, you visit the site. We are using the federal rates to do our enumeration. I know very well that there is nobody that is ever enumerated that is ever satisfied with how much  is to be paid, but we are bound by the law, and so we are using federal rates."

2. The Honourable Minister  promised to ensure a seemless  and  timely  payment  of compensation on the Lagos- Calabar Coastal Highway  project but warned that only those  legally  entitled  to compensation  would  be shortlisted. He said, "The moment the property owner signs, and then we have a form that we give to them to fill, and indicate the bank account; the moment that is done, within 72 hours, we authorize payment. The contractor is going to be paying directly to all those who are affected, and this we are committed to doing. This verification will  start Wednesday in Lagos, and of course, we have to make it very clear that 250 meters legally belong to the Federal Government. So if you have a title within these 250 meters and it's not a title from Federal Government, then it is encumbrance, and only Mr. President can give a waiver if he feels so for the person to be paid."

3. The meeting  which was held via zoom  in the Honourable Minister's conference  hall Mabushi-Abuja with the affected property  owners and other stakeholders, was in furtherance  of the resolutions earlier  reached in the stakeholders engagement  meeting held by the  Honourable Minister of Works  in Lagos on  11th April 2024 whereof opinions were ventilated from different  groups of stakeholders and decisions  were reached on the need for a review  of the report  on  the enumeration by the Consultant on the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment  of the affected  areas. The committee members were constituted to reflect  the different  groups  of stakeholders,  including  Lagos State Government,  affected  Local Government  Areas  Traditional Rulers, estate developers  and residents, as well as professional  bodies.

4. The committee  members  are as follows: 
1. Engr (Mrs) Olukorede Kesha (FCW, Lagos State)    -  Chairman
2. Rep. of Director, Bridges and Design.  -  Engr Oladele Sola
3. Rep of Honourable Minister of Works.  -  Barrister Joseph Ekumankama
4. Engr Olufemi Dare.  -   FMW, Lagos
5. ESIA Consultant.  -  Dr. Eugene Itua
6. Rep 1 ESIA.  -  Suv. Popoola Lateef
7. Rep 2 ESIA.   -   Emmanuel Eneh
8. Rep. of Oba Oniru.  -  Mr. Yemi Stephen.
9. Rep. of Oba Elegushi.  -   Mrs. Peju Omotayo
10. Rep. of Oba Ojomu of Ajiran land.  - Hon. Jide Akintoye
11. Rep of Oba Onibeju of Ibeju  -  Mr Agbaje Adesegun
12. Rep. of Eti Osa Local Government.   -   Adeola Adetoro
13. Rep. of Ibeju Lekki Local Government.  -  Hon. Moruf Isah
14. Olawale Ojikutu (Min of Lands, LASG)  -  Secretary
15. Rep. Of LASG Surveyor General.  -  Moyosore Faji
16. Rep. Min of Physical Planning LASG. - Kunle Bello
17. Rep 1 Hitech.     -       Mr. Willie
18. Rep 2 Hitech.     -      Mr. Ashton
19. Rep DLS.    -    Mrs Igboko
 

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Honourable Minister of Works. His Excellency, Sen. Engr Nweze David Umahi CON during his inspection visit to the rehabilitation work at Enugu- Port Harcourt dual carriageway section 4( Aba-PH) executed by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd (CCECC)

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HONOURABLE MINISTER OF WORKS, HIS EXCELLENCY, SEN. ENGR. NWEZE DAVID UMAHI CON FINALIZING DISCUSSIONS WITH INVESTORS FROM NETHERLANDS TO ATTRACT A GRANT OF 25 MILLION EUROS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIORITY BRIDGES IN NIGERIA.

Honourable Minister of Works, His Excellency, Sen. Engr. Nweze David Umahi CON finalizing discussions with investors from Netherlands to attract a grant of 25 million Euros for the construction of priority bridges in Nigeria.

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