Group supports FG’s choice of Hitech for construction of Lagos-Calabar coastal highway
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), a policy think tank, says there is enough proof to support the federal government’s choice of HiTECH for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
Niyi Akinsiju, the chairman, IMPI, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said that the IMPI study of the situation showed that claims by former vice-president Atiku Abubakar on the project were off the mark and targeted at discrediting the project.
He added that aside from successfully handling the Bar Beach Shoreline protection, Hitech also had a history of constructing coastal highways with reinforced concrete outside of Nigeria.
Mr Akinsiju said after making discreet and open enquiries on the company’s credentials and contract portfolios, IMPI concluded that it might pass as the only Nigerian company able to construct the coastal road.
He said that a cost analysis of road projects similar to the Lagos-Calabar highway in some parts of the world showed that the costing of the project was appropriate.
(NAN)
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