No Personal Interest Associated With Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway - Umahi 

I love the fact that a minister understands what he is doing. This is called transparency

Very brilliant minister. He knows the job. I doff my hat to you. Respect

David Umahi has demonstrated competence. His appointment is one of Prsident Tinubu's best 😅

I love this kind of interview. This is how a government official should sound.

This is the type of ministers we need in Nigeria, minister that knows what he's doing. Not people who will seat in office and be giving orders, KUDOS TO MR UMAHI

I am not a fan of Tinubu... but so far the ministers of Works, Aviation and aero space, and interior have been splendid in their fields... especially this minister of works. He is not an "office minister", he is on the field minister, and deserves supports and accolades.

My respect for David Umahi is unmatched.

Senator Umahi just displayed his technical expertise at another level. I love his calmness and ability to attend to questions raised without being personal. As much as Rufai was trying to bring out the need for significant financial transparency, he also needs to have some sense of respect when dealing with people like Sen. Umahi. My opinion is based on the fact that their guest has proven and kept proving logically and sensibly that he knows his onions. Ruben Abati made some rude and unprofessional remarks in the course of asking his questions. He needs to be less carefree with his "lighter mode" remarks. In all, good job to everyone out there in the studio.

This is my first time of listening to Umahi and I can say, politics aside, Umahi is very very sound. He has a deep knowledge of his engineering profession. He took everyone away with his professional jargons. Forget the gra gra exhibited by Rufai, Umahi got him mesmerized with everyone. You need to be on the same technical level with Umahi to understand him.😂

I love the way Arise kept the Minister accountable! Very impressed!! Kudos to you all,God Bless Nigeria!!!

I commend Minister David Umahi. I have to say, President Tinubu made the best decision to appoint him. Actually, I would say he is the best Minister in his administration. If we had more ministers of his caliber in his administration, things would be a lot better.

Arguably one of the best Ministers in Nigeria since 1960.

Wow. This man is too good in accounting. He was so detailed in answering all the question. Even the Rufai that thought he knows it all was dumbfounded.

Am impressed with this minister..... he knows his onions.... kudos to him

I am Thaddeaus Longduut, residing at the UK. I am always listening to, and watch your programmes. You programme with the Honourable Minister of works and Transport, Eng. Dave Umahi. He dodged the question on fairness of bidding. High Tech might be the best company to handle the project but why was it not open to others? So that we could have seen the openness of the bidding process. Why the Government felt HighTech has the competence, therefore, others weren’t. I think that is why His Excellency Atiku Abubakar drown his conclusions that it was a friendship contract between His Excellency, President Ahmed Tinubu and the Contractor.

This is very refreshing to actually have a competent minister in Nigeria. I totally support President Tinubu. I prefer you give the contract to tested and competent company rather than bidding who take the money and run. Atiku should keep his peace. This coastal road if completed would be the best mega project in Nigeria. Kudos minister Dave.

Weldone Mr. Minister you are a very smart and respectful man. You are the best minister by far. Where was Atiku during Buhari's regime this was a man who denied Deborah Samuel. Shame on Atiku

Engineer David Umahi, I like the quality of your job, you have a good taste, Thank you Engineer, please remember Enugu-Onitsha road that on death trap since 20 years ago, Owerri-Onitsha road is dead, please remember these two road.

If this man contests as a president, I would vote for him.

The wise man from far East...this is the first time Nigeria has Minister of Works

Even though Atiku became president how are we certain he will not award it to his own construction company?. Trying to be a saint overnight.

Sound Minister! Fantastic Eastern President awaiting.

I just love how Dr Abati ask his questions without being disrespectful...and I love the follow up.

Mr. Umahi, i really appreciate the spirit with which you are serving in this capacity. I say welldone.

Omahi knows his onions. I am a Petroleum Engineer and I enjoy listening to him.

Respect to Engr. Umahi...he showed his diligence and expertise

Gov Doctor Engr Senator Minister Dave Umahi is a national treasure.

My comment is that you will never fail by His grace. Wisdom, technical knowledge, and articulation of points are not scarce in your mouth. This government would not fail by God's grace

I have said times without number that Engineer Dave Umahi is a round peg in a round hole. He is experienced, professionally sound, policy proficient, pragmatic and very innovative to the core. Believe you me, the honorable minister is a blessing to this country

The only guest that shut my guy Rufai up. This is the kind of people we need in governance corridors

This man likes building. See as e dey talk am. E dey sweet me. Infrastructure building too make sense oo

This man is perfect in what he's doing and he's an engineer not the case one lawyer that was giving minister of aviation , kudos to you umahi

How nice for a Nigerian ministry to be run by an expert. He is still a stooge. I sincerely appreciate his intelligence.

Fantastic Minister. I like the openness and the willingness to engage and debate his decisions. That is the only way a nation can develop. This does not mean that his decision on Landmark Beach is right. He doesn't have the technical know-how to comment on the Economic and environmental impact of the project. What is Landmark without the beach?

Sen, Engr, Apostle Dave Umahi ,I am proud to be your brother ,you United Nigerians by your excellent performance and all the comments reflect that . This goes to show that all Nigerians want is outstanding leadership and tribalism will die naturally . Kudos to the Minister of works , your signature is speaking volume in infrastructural development in Ebonyi state .

Round peg in a round hole. The minister knows his worth, we need more of him! God bless Nigeria!

"I am a Yoruba Lagosian, and this is the only minister in the Tinubu Administration that I respect and support. I have been following Engineer Dave since his time at Ebonyi State, and I was so impressed that I almost visited Ebonyi during my holidays just because of him."

This man is a good product! Square pen in Square hole! Thank you, Hon. Minister. You did not allow Arise crew to drag you into their useless politics, especially Dr. Abati who is a PDP journalist.

The minister's competence, intelligence and his technical capabilities as an engineer is far above what rufai could comprehend and grasp, dis one choke am 😂 Our works Minister is technically solid and sound, rufai, park for one side and open up your mind to see and apprecite better work. God bless senator Dave Umahi

That comment... 'telling your people to jump into the lagoon'... was unguided and disappointing, coming from Abati. The minister is not only capable of dealing with some idiotic comments but really blessed. Thank God for someone like him running the ministry and serving Nigeria.

You are doing well my minister 🎉

People like Atiku should not be talking about corruption.

I really applauds the Mr Dave umahi for this insight and transparency.. may Nigeria succeed and the minister of works succeed ❤❤❤

Kudos to Engineer Dave Umahi. Keep up with the good job. This is a new dawn in Nigeria 🇳🇬.

Rufai sweating just to bring the minister down as his style but the man camped him down with figures and competence of knowledge 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Kudos to Engr Umahi, I have watched his interview with Channel tv and now Arise tv on this same project. And we can see that he has projected a lot of confidence in his ability to oversee a project of this magnitude. As an Engineer he has demonstrated his proficiency of been able to explain the technicalities of the road project according to his design, to ensure the quality and cost effectiveness of the project. This is why it is necessary that ministerial portfolios are given to experts who has the competence to handle each sector rather than just given ministerial positions to Lawyers. As an Engr myself, I congratulate him on his efforts so far in the ministry of works. However, my concern is that can the APC Government carry out this ambitious project and ensure that it is completed before the end of their administration.

HE Engr. Senator David Umahi FNSE., COREN is a very sound Civil Engineer. I am impressed with the technical answers and solutions he provided in this interview. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR made a very good choice in appointing Engr. Dave Umahi the Minister of Works.

Thank God there are people who understand Minister Umahi, no one is perfect, he doing his job. Kudos

That's an Engineer talking!!! Man knows his stuffs.

If a minister could successfully enter the den of Arise and came out applauded, it means that he is in good hands. One of the ministers to watch out for. I also see him as a president after Tinubu 8 years of God permits.

You have admit that this Minister knows his onions. One of a kind, I respect him.

21:17 funny how the arise crew are stressing around numbers when they don’t have the technical knowledge to understand the man. Thank you Engineer David… Thank you so much for your continuous service. Love a man who knows his job😊

At least this man knows what he's talking about

Thank you, Dr. Abati for the well moderate interview.

Sincerely Engr. Dave Umahi is sound and his appointment as Minister of works is a top notch. Nevertheless, the initiation of Lagos/Calabar Coastal High Way is not a priority for now.

Beautiful and on point interview weldon our honorable minister of works.

This man really understands what his ministry is about.

This man knows so many technical details! He knows what he's doing.

Kudos to minister umahi, he knows what his doing and very competent l love the man

When you listen and interact with people like Hon David Umahi, politics go hungry you. 😂. Too brilliant a man

This is a minister with utmost transparency - his demeanour and social response is seamless and superb- he conveys himself very professional . He must have been raised in western country . A man par excellence .

I give Honorable minister kudos for the good work he is doing

The minister just demonstrate how brilliant how professional he was, compare to some useless ministers

Respect to Arise News! Salutations to the Honorable Minister.

Minister of Works we say we'll done . More grace to do what is right for Nigerians.

This man is very brilliant

The best working minister in Nigeria,

This man is too sound, peaceful, honest, transparent, confidence, know what he is doing, patient and know what to do as a Nigerian. You are already a good legacy as a Minister and Engineer...Jehovah God continue bless you and your generation in the Name of Jesus Christ

This man is intelligent. Respects to him

Rufai i love you and your question to this man

I'm glad and hope Arise Tv team will agree David Umahi is very expensiveand knowledge about road construction. It's great to see individuals in leadership positions who possess the necessary skills, knowledge, expertise, and experience to excel in the roles given to him.. It's even more impressive when a leader is able to effectively utilize these qualities to drive positive change and achieve their goals. This just my thoughts to share!

Kudos to you Honorable Minister David Umahi. As a Nigerian, I applaud the President for appointing you as the Minister of works for our great country. You’re a brilliant mind who knows what he’s talking about and a true patriot whose motive is to ensure the best for the country. The President made the right choice for this enormous job of revamping our country from infrastructural decay over the past decades.God bless you and God bless Nigeria 🇳🇬

Kudos to this Minister ! Even if he is wrong , he is definitely well briefed !

This is an example of competence round peg in a round hole. 👏🏻

Umahi thank you. Rufai thank you. ACHIEVE MORE

This Minister has a good understanding of his portfolio and very confident of the fact that he's appointed to deliver! I respect you Sir!

The way rufai is just looking at the minister 🙄🤣

This man knows his job.... God bless Nigeria

This man knows what he is doing thank God for that

I must say im very impressed by the minister mostly where is says there will be an observation rooms in the roads,and to rufai you are good man,ur questions to the minister if the train track was included with the road is very nice to ask him..the minister was never accepting such questions and he couldn't immediately find a total figure to it..all together the interview was great one..we need people like the minister to hold sensitive positions like this where they can at least run us through statistics..thanks arisetv for ur good work..love u all

You know your onion sir. Ministerial and other appointments should be based on ones profession. Keep up the good work mr umahi. You did well in ebonyi so i know you will do as well in the federal level.

You can’t argue with competence and intelligence with facts. I don’t support His party but Engr Umahi is a top notch Civil Engineer until he decides to run for President then His Igboness will be highlighted.

God will keep this man alive for us ooooo. He knows his job. I will keep this minister in my prayers daily.

Good job honorable Minister of Works. I listened attentively to your explanations, and l’m impressed. My suggestion to you about all these projects is : Availability of “Rest Areas “ on these roads. The Rest Areas provides business that helps the economy of the State that the road is passing. The Rest areas will provide rest areas for trucks , drivers that would like to rest, and people that would like to use the restroom. This is important for the maintenance of these roads.

This minister of works is really good. He knows his onions. I enjoyed listening to him

See as rufai fold arms looking at the minister 😅😅😂😂

Great man, Umahi. He has a full understanding of the job at hand as an experienced Engr. More grace.

I'm impressed with Umahi's presentation and also with the presenters

CAN WIKE SEE HIS FELLOW EX GOVERNOR. HE IS NOT BUSY FRUSTRATING THE CURRENT GOVERNOR OR SHOUTING HERE AND THERE . THIS IS A SOUND GOVERNOR

Well done Mr. Minister

Thank you so much, Honourable Minister, for this elaborate detail. Those that align every project defence to political party Affiliate will now have a rethink. God bless Nigeria.

If all ministers and governement leaders were to be subjected to such dense discourse, Nigeria will be on the right track, in circa 8- 10 yr. My respect to Umahi not only for knowing his numbers and stiff but for understanding that he is a servant leader and thus take no wuestions asked to heart. Bravo

VERY ANNOYING . All documents ought to be on the website of the ministry and made available to the media. We are talking about a national budget in trillions of naira. You don't render such accounts verbally on TV stations. I expected the journalists to ask him to post the essential documents. You don't breach the public procurement Act and come on TV to DEFEND a company as having the monopoly of construction and good work. PUBLISH THE DETAILS AND STOP RUNNING AROUND TV STATIONS.

Great interview with a minister that’s well grounded in the detail engineering of infrastructure development- putting the right peg in the right hole - “Engineers make the difference in Development & Infrastructure in the society” (unknown ). However, was a little confused on the mentioning of standard gauges related to the rail lines cost metrics of the coastal road while he was also saying the rail line portion - fixed - permanent -ways are not part of his current analysis cost when Rufai posed the question. Overall am impressed and highly commendable discussion. More kudos to the administration on this project.

Minister Dave Umahi, you are doing a fantastic job, one of our problems in Nigeria is that we as people never believe in doing things right the first time, which is exactly what you are doing. You are on the right track for the future of Nigeria. Thank You.

So impressed with Umahi, this is his call. Hopefully we get more ministers that know the job.

Man is technically competent

David Umahi is the man for the job , no doubt ,

I give it to David umahi, I can say he's one of the best ministers in this administration. Kudos sir, we see your passion, we see your hard work, we are proud of you sir

This is very commendable. I can't recall any Nigerian political official sound this technically competent and transparent (outside Finance since NOI).