VIDEO: Between Arise News Reporter, Laila Johnson-Salami & Minister Dave Umahi, What Really Was The Issue Here?

Dave Umahi & Laila Johnson-Salami.

The trending video on Social Media since yesterday has been the altercation between the Minister of Works and former Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi and Arise News correspondent, Laila Johnson-Salami, where the minister was heard during the media session with the comment in response to Laila’s question about environmental permission from the federal ministry of environment for work to go on with the Calabar-Lagos Coastal Lane saying “Sister, I Was Raised In The Village, I Don’t Understand Phony” meaning phonetics but the correspondent was very geared to extract answers for the very vital question she asked the minister and never bulged.

  

The Minister of Works had organized a media session to address social media controversy with regard to the ongoing Calabar-Lagos Coastal lane which is budgeted to eat up a whooping 2.4 Billion dollars out of the 2024 budget.

A clip surfaced on the internet and attached herewith, capturing the moment the former Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi clashed with an Arise News correspondent over her brilliant use of the English language, which majority of the children of Dave Umahi has, so there was no reason why he could not understand her use of the English word unless he wanted to either cow her or make her feel inferior which the very beautiful Laila refused to let happen to her.  

In her response, Laila explained to the minister that it was just her way of speaking with the minister requesting an interpreter, but Laila insisted that he had enough people around him to help him understand what she was saying.

Following the exchange, Umahi addressed Laila’s question by asserting that they had obtained all the necessary approvals to commence the project.