Yar’Adua pledged N750bn yearly for coastal highway, three other Niger Delta projects, says ex-Amnesty programme boss, Kuku

Nigerian Tribune | 19-10-2026 09:17am |

Former Amnesty Programme Chairman Honourable Kingsley Kuku has said the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua pledged N750 billion yearly to construct a 700-kilometre Atlantic coastal road and three other Niger Delta projects. Kuku said the pledge was made 17 years before President Bola Tinubu began the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. He made the disclosure in comments reported by Tribune Online.

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