The House of Representatives has passed a resolution to investigate the procurement process in the award of the contract of the N15 trillion Lagos-Calabar coastal road.
The House said the 2007 Procurement Act was violated and that certain approvals by the National Assembly as required by the law were not given.
The House therefore directed the Minister of Works, Finance, Attorney General, and Minister of Justice, to avail the National Assembly copies of the documents for award of the contract.
The resolution of the House is coming following the demolition of buildings and structures on the right of way of the project.
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi recently said the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction, would cost N4 billion per kilometre.
The 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road would be constructed for N15 trillion, and a kilometre of the road would cost N4 billion.
The project is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states, before culminating in Cross River.
The project has been heavily criticised by many Nigerians including the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who described it as a misplaced priority by the Federal Government.
