Anifowose Samson
Labour Party’s 2023 Lagos State governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu over the commissioning of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, which he claims is not even five percent complete.
In a statement on Thursday, Rhodes-Vivour described the development as premature and misleading, accusing the administration of engaging in propaganda rather than genuine governance.
“Not only is it shameful to roll out the drums to commission less than 5% of a project, they still had to lie and spew propaganda on the so-called 30km,” he wrote.
The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway is a 700-kilometre project that is meant to connect Lagos Island with Calabar in Cross River State.
According to Rhodes-Vivour, only a fraction of the road has been completed, making its public commissioning an act of deception.
He likened the event to other alleged misinformation by the current government, referencing the Minister of Finance’s disputed presentation abroad.
“This is the same way the minister of finance went abroad to reel out fake data only to be checkmated by data from the CBN days after. So embarrassing,” he added.
Rhodes-Vivour further criticised the government’s focus on politics and image management, stating, “The harsh truth is that a party fixated on politics and propaganda cannot govern effectively. That is why Nigerians are much poorer today than they were less than a decade ago.”
He also raised concerns over rising insecurity and questioned the administration’s praise for the National Security Adviser (NSA), calling the celebration shameless.
