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.

PREMIUM TIMES 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 ‘OSGF WEBSITE,’ the budget performance record remarked that the ‘procurement process is ongoing.’

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.

PREMIUM TIMES could not ascertain which of the two government officials executed the project.

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.

“Performance 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.

Apparently, the fund release for the website is one of those captured in Mr. Mustapha’s 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’ questions on how the fund was disbursed.

“I’m not an accountant please,” he snapped.

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 ‘very impossible.’

“We have reviewed the website, it is simply shocking that N65 million was spent on the website. It’s implausible,” he said. “OSGF 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.

“It doesn’t 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’ mind can be at rest.”

Cheta Nwanze, Head of Research, SBM Intelligence, after a review of the website, said the N65 million could never be justified.

He said, “The 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 ₦65 million, unless I heard you wrong.”

He said the maximum cost for such a website would be $105 per month.

“Depending 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’s $5 per user per month. So you can do the maths.”

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And yet its not a porn website can u imagine.

Too bad for government that promised to fight corruption!

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I HEARD THAT THE #65M WEBSITE WILL PROVIDE GOOD ROADS, ELECTRICITY, FOOD, AND JOBS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

princechurchill:
And yet its not a porn website can u imagine.

Even porn websites don't cost that much to create

Even the devil cannot use such an amount to create a website for hell

He's a learner, Fashola would do it for N70m.

I love Govt expenditure, everyone comes to the table and spends like it is no one's business.
Design and manning a website for Govt will include:
Lunch
Staff Bus
Meeting (another Lunch)
Website opening ceremony
Employ 10 Back up staff, 50 Ghost workers
Rent Office
Data collection (Won't get any meaningful stuff at the end)
Site crash (Repeat cycle)
Change of goverment>> New Site>> New Funds/allocation.

Please my pastor said if you see yourself in dream whining and dining with big men, it's a sign of good things






I saw myself with buhari in a round table for dream

Please what sign is this.........

It is very clear that the people currently ruling this country think all Nigerians are gullible that's why they keep doing all these things coz they assume we are all fools. Thorough breakdown from experts but truth is even if all the hosting was done internally, on on-site servers, in Nigeria where the power supply isn't constant, it still couldn't cost 65million naira. Over a $100,000 for what exactly?

“We have reviewed the website, it is simply shocking that N65 million was spent on the website. It’s implausible,” he said. “OSGF 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.


All na CHANGE...

Like Boss Mustapha like Babatunde Fashola.

APC, Party of professional looters and career rogues...

The fools who voted this expired dictatorial bastadd should all be lined up and flogged for 24 hours


A goat who truncated a shagari regime were the common man could get good jobs without connection and when Nigeria was doing quite well


He
Used his silly corruption excuse to takeover govt

Same sh1t he sold to his zombies to get another. Chance in 2015

Whenever I think of Nigeria problems...

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Na Facebook??

Buhari has stolen Nigeria blind!!!

till this administration leaves office, na dere we go know the real amount President Buhari don thief

Issorite

Haaaaaaaa!

Lai se paper!

where is that idiot talking about solo coke the other day?

You dont mean it......it looks ok considering a former governor of Lagos now turned minister used more than 70 million to build a website that was hacked by a secondary school student.

Buharidiot and his corrupt Apc men has finish Nigeria

Hmmm

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sai bubu

yet people say Jonathan is the most corrupt individual in nigeria

A good reason i must bcom a pro website designer

Forget, thief na thief anywhere!

Lol.. Which way naija?

Rotfl.

Even if na Heaven website.

Its happening again