“I think it is extremely ridiculous, look we can’t begin to even contemplate what the president-elect will do and we should wait when he makes his decision.”

The project is part of the Lagos-Abidjan highway, which serves over 40 million commuters who travel all the way to Ivory Coast.

The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway road project, according to Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, will be finished this month, while the Second Niger Bridge will be commissioned and open to traffic in May.

Taking his campaign train to the construction industry, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive  Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has pledged to tread the footsteps of the APC-led President Muhammadu Buhari administration regarding infrastructure.

Thrilled over the scenario, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning Clem Agba has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the sum of N75 billion for the reconstruction of the dualised Lokoja-Benin Road.