"Driving from Lagos to Abuja will Soon Take Only 4 Hours" David Umahi Vows

 Former Governor of Ebonyi state and current minister of works, David Umahi, while speaking to the press on Saturday 23rd September, stated that the Abuja-Lagos expressway will be completed in 2007 and the quality of the construction which is to run over the next four years, is to last a hundred years. The minister further stated that the proposed 470 kilometres Abuja-Lagos Greenfield superhighway will be built by a private sector consortium at no cost to the government. He explained that the consortium will operate the facility for a yet-to-be-determined period on a build, operate and transfer deal. The highway will also be tolled at different points to enable the investors recoup their investment.

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Addressing "Doubting Thomases" who were sceptical of his earlier claim of Nigerians being able to complete a trip from Lagos to Abuja within four hours, after completion of construction, David Umahi stated; "When I first introduced this to the public, many doubting Thomases were saying ‘it is impossible, Lagos-Abuja that is done in 14 hours cannot be done in four and half hours’, that is the renewed hope of Mr President. The President has approved that I fast-track this project. This project is going to be two lanes but each lane is going to be a two-carriage way and it is going to be 14 metres."