Umahi expressed strong belief in the significance of the coastal road project, which he said would be a first in Africa. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, said on Sunday that he had been given a presidential directive on the immediate design of the Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway.Umahi spoke after he inspected the end of Section One, phase one, of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and its realignment in Lagos. “I’m happy that Mr President has also directed me to start the immediate design of the Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway. “This one is a spur of the Coastal highway, and that one is…