JUST IN: Tinubu departs Lagos for Abuja

President Bola Tinubu has departed Lagos for Abuja where he has been scheduled to commission some projects executed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.

President Tinubu who left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, at 11:43 am, was seen off by the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; and some government officials.

While in Lagos, the president performed the official flag-off of the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway from the Victoria Island end of the 700-kilometre project, hailed as an economic and rural community development game changer.

President Tinubu also commissioned the reconstructed Apapa-Oworonshoki-Ojota Expressway and the Rehabilitated Third Mainland, as well as virtually commissioned the rehabilitation of 330 roads and bridges across the country.

In Abuja, the President will be commissioning the southern Parkway from Christian Centre to Ring Road One, among others.