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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A group, the Tinubu Media Support Group, TMSG, has lashed out at the leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, over his criticism of the construction of a 700 km coastal highway stretching from Lagos to eight other states.<\/p>\n

The group, in a statement issued Wednesday by its Chairman, Jesutega Onokpasa, described Adebanjo as attention seeker for criticising the award of a project like the Coastal Highway Project.<\/p>\n

It described the criticism as not only ill-informed but also in bad faith.<\/p>\n

He noted that the position of the former Afenifere leader and his group was borne out of hatred and not necessarily by any act of altruism.<\/p>\n

Onokpasa said: \u201cIn a most outrageous show of shallow, unresearched and non analytic reasoning, these prowling urchins of evil intentions, queried the productiveness and necessity of the Coastal Road Project with disregard to the poor level of Nigeria\u2019s infrastructural deficit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is laughable to say that despite the frightening figures estimated as the country\u2019s infrastructural deficit, a group of attention seekers (Pa Adebanjo and his men) will describe the award of a project like the Coastal Highway Project, with inherent opportunities in Tourism and Blue Economy as \u2018unproductive and wasteful\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe trio of Gboyega Adejumo, Prince Faloke and Pa Ayo Adebanjo should know that the East-West Road and the Coastal Highway Project are meant to serve two different economic purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group said this was indeed the kind of foresight, imagination and actions with which President Bola Tinubu birthed the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos State as governor.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. A group, the Tinubu Media Support Group, TMSG, has lashed out at the leader of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, over his criticism of the construction of a 700 km coastal highway stretching from Lagos to eight other states. 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