The House of Representatives voted to scrutinise the procurement procedure for the ₦15trn Lagos-Calabar coastal road deal.
Honourable Austin Achado moved the motion on Thursday, citing an urgent national relevance.
The House claimed that the 2007 Procurement Cct was breached and that certain permissions by the National Assembly required by law were not granted.
In view of the foregoing, the House has requested that the Ministers of Works, Finance, Attorney General, and Justice provide copies of the contract award documents to the National Assembly.
The fresh development by the Reps comes following the demolition of buildings and structures on the right of way of the project.
The Minister of Works Dave Umahi recently said the Lagos-Calabar coastal road construction, will cost N4bn per kilometre.
The 700 km Lagos-Calabar coastal road will be constructed for N15trn, and a kilometre of the road will cost N4 billion. It is designed to connect Lagos to Cross River, passing through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states, before culminating in Cross River.
The project has been heavily criticised by many Nigerians including the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who described it as a misplaced priority by the Federal Government.
Also, former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, had described the project as a fraud, a comment which was refuted by the Presidency.