The Federal Government has said that the demolition of buildings on the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will begin on Saturday.
Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Korede Keisha, spoke at a news briefing in Lagos on Thursday, adding that all those whose houses were marked for demolition should come to the Ministry’s Secretariat in Lagos to sort out whatever processes that were  required by the ministry.
She further said the demolition squad would move in on Saturday to begin removal of the marked properties.
The Minister of Works and former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umagi, said recently that the 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road will be constructed for N15 trillion, and a kilometre of the road will cost N4 billion, even as the road would take eight years to build. 

The road was designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states, before ending in Cross River.
The project has been heavily criticised by many Nigerians including the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP,  in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, who described it as a misplaced priority by the Federal Government and  former Vice President,  Atiku Abubakar, who described the project as a big fraud.