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The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, in 2017 appropriated and claimed to have spent N65 million on its website.<\/p>\nThe Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF, in 2017 appropriated and claimed to have spent N65 million on its website.<\/p>\n
Review of the 2017 budget performance of the OSGF revealed that N65 million was budgeted for the already existing website while the office claimed that N64, 855, 875, the amount released, had been fully utilised. Quoted as \u2018OSGF WEBSITE,\u2019 the budget performance record remarked that the \u2018procurement process is ongoing.\u2019<\/p>\n
The office of the SGF is currently occupied by Boss Mustapha who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in October 2017. The office was formerly occupied by Babachir Lawal who was sacked after President Buhari adopted recommendations of a report of a panel headed by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, which investigated allegations against Mr. Lawal who was suspended for months.<\/p>\n
Appearing before the Senate committee in January 2018 to defend the 2017 budget performance, Mr. Mustapha said the office received 50 per cent of its appropriation for capital projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerformance for capital is N1.2 billion released as at end of December, 2017. It represents 50 per cent. We are hoping that the National Assembly will extend the lifespan of the budget so that we can handle other procurement processes.<\/p>\n
Apparently, the fund release for the website is one of those captured in Mr. Mustapha\u2019s 50 per cent but the cost and execution of the project left more to desire. Spokesperson to Mr. Mustapha, Mohammed Nakorji, when contacted, declined to answer PREMIUM TIMES\u2019 questions on how the fund was disbursed. \u201cI\u2019m not an accountant please,\u201d he snapped.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, technology experts say the claim was suspicious and impossible. After a review of the website, communications officer of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, PIN, Sodiq Alabi said the claim that N65 million was spent on the website looked \u2018very impossible.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have reviewed the website, it is simply shocking that N65 million was spent on the website. It\u2019s implausible,\u201d he said. \u201cOSGF must provide more details on what they did with the money. The website has no special features to justify more than a million naira budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look like they are even updating the website. The copyright is 2013. It looks very impossible and suspicious. At least the SGF office should tell us what they did with the money. They should tell us what they did with the money so that Nigerian tax payers\u2019 mind can be at rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cheta Nwanze, Head of Research, SBM Intelligence, after a review of the website, said the N65 million could never be justified.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThe website was built using the Joomla CMS, which is a free content management system. All of the media is hosted on YouTube, which is an external server. It uses Google Hosted Libraries for its content distribution. No way can it cost \u20a665 million, unless I heard you wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the maximum cost for such a website would be $105 per month. \u201cDepending on the hosting package, $100 per month can get you a very good hosting plan. If you insist on using Google apps to host your emails and documents, that\u2019s $5 per user per month. So you can do the maths.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: Premium TimesNG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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