The Federal government would not pay compensation for new structures erected along the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway, the Minister of Works, David Umahi has warned.
The Minister, who stressed that erecting new structures with the aim of benefiting from compensation would be disappointed, as nothing of such would be contemplated, however, solicited for the co-operation of the people along the routes to enable the government deliver legacy projects to them.
In a statement by Edet Ekpenyong on behalf of the Ministry’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Umahi spoke at the stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday in Calabar, where he also disclosed plans to convene a conference indigenous contractors.
“If you delay the project you will delay the funding, don’t go and build on the road so that you will get compensation, there will be no compensation,” the Minister was quoted as saying.
