Umahi denies coastal highway caused flooding, blames Lagos’ poor drainage

By Chukwuma Umeorah and Faheem Lawal

Minister of Works, David Umahi, has dismissed claims that the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway caused recent flooding in parts of Lagos, attributing the situation instead to poor drainage infrastructure, failure to implement the state’s drainage master plan, and indiscriminate dumping of refuse into waterways.

Umahi spoke on Sunday during an…