nasty45:

Still not makin sense

idmanzik:

THE NSC FACEBOOK PAGE:

The attention of the National Sports Commission has been drawn to posts on the Commission’s Page alleging that the Commission spent the sum of N1.2m to open a Facebook Page. Nothing can be further from the truth. The truth of the matter is:

i) The idea to open a Facebook Page for the National Sports Commission (NSC) was muted by the ICT Unit of the Commission. The objective of the project was to “use Facebook as an interactive forum to connect the Nigerian youth all over the world with the National Sports Commission and its mission”.

ii) During the course of briefing the immediate past Hon. Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Alh. Yusuf Suleiman, he directed that a more aggressive approach be adopted in projecting the Facebook Page. The Hon. Minister (HM), who has a personal Facebook Page, also directed that the Facebook crew should accompany him to visit all the athletes and their coaches who were in various camps across the country in preparation for the 10th All Africa Games. Furthermore, he directed that the crew should attend the 10th AAG in Maputo to update the Page on happenings during the Games.

iii) Consequent upon the Hon. Minister’s directives, a Memo dated August 2, 2011 seeking for N902,000.00 was approved for a two-man team to visit the various camps. This was to enable the crew interact directly with the athletes and their coaches and obtain firsthand information about them for Facebook Page.

iv) Following the directive of the HM to adopt a more aggressive approach in projecting the Facebook Page, it was decided at the ICT Unit level that the NSC Facebook Page should be advertised in Facebook. An initial sum of $200 was committed to this. This immediately translated to a tremendous increase in the followership of the NSC Facebook within one week.

v) It is no secret that Facebook Pages can either be used as:

a) a personal social interactive forum; or

b) a commercial tool to advertise goods and services, project a cause, draw awareness to products, canvass for followership, etc.

The Commission’s Facebook Page was deployed for the second category, which naturally attracts advertisement costs. The creators of Facebook can be contacted on this.

vi) Furthermore, following the success of the advert, another memo dated August 26, 2011 for N300,000.00 was approved to step up and extend the advertisement of the Page, purchase Internet Modems with a one month additional subscription.

vii) We wish to state that:

a) Opening of Facebook pages does not attract any form of payment and the NSC Facebook Page was opened at no cost.

b) The initial $200 paid for advertisement was privately funded.

c) The sums of N902,000.00 and N300,000.00 were approved for the Facebook Page crew to accompany the HM on his visits to the various camps of athletes and their coaches and to purchase internet modems with additional one month subscription respectively. Of this amount, the sum of $1,000 (N160,000.00) was to advertise the NSC Facebook Page in Facebook and the Page was so advertised.

All the above can be verified.

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=323441654365795&id=208635555846406

Original discussion

yamakuza:

This shouldnt come as a surprise to those who charge N1.2m and above for designing sites for politicians.

Although i havent seen the page and its complexity, its safe to say costs can skyrocket if facebook apps are involved.

Obama's campaign page had a lot of those apps.

If GEJ's page is outsourced, the annual maintenance cost alone will easily run into millions.

damola1:

What's 1.2M to manage a facebook page for 1 whole year?,

Make we hear word, even if they stole the camera that could take such pictures, won't they pay the people managing the platform?,  or questions should not be answered?,  or you think 5,500 subscribers just joined, without any ads?

See how clear the pic below which I picked from there is,  make we hear word abeg!

Facebook account commercial (for ads) needs funding. . . if they honestly are going to do Facebook ads, N1.2m might not be enough for a year($20/day).

Personally, I run 5 Facebook small business accounts for ads and each costs me a $100/month minimum (which I do not even fund on a regular basis).

The questions here though are;

1. Are they running ads? If yes, why and how much for each campaign?

2. Are they employing a staff for management of the alleged Facebook account?

3. What is the N1.2m for? I mean precisely. Opening the account? Maintaining the account? Duration?

idmanzik:

THE NSC FACEBOOK PAGE:

The attention of the National Sports Commission has been drawn to posts on the Commission’s Page alleging that the Commission spent the sum of N1.2m to open a Facebook Page. Nothing can be further from the truth. The truth of the matter is:

i) The idea to open a Facebook Page for the National Sports Commission (NSC) was muted by the ICT Unit of the Commission. The objective of the project was to “use Facebook as an interactive forum to connect the Nigerian youth all over the world with the National Sports Commission and its mission”.

ii) During the course of briefing the immediate past Hon. Minister of Sports/Chairman, National Sports Commission, Alh. Yusuf Suleiman, he directed that a more aggressive approach be adopted in projecting the Facebook Page. The Hon. Minister (HM), who has a personal Facebook Page, also directed that the Facebook crew should accompany him to visit all the athletes and their coaches who were in various camps across the country in preparation for the 10th All Africa Games. Furthermore, he directed that the crew should attend the 10th AAG in Maputo to update the Page on happenings during the Games.

iii) Consequent upon the Hon. Minister’s directives, a Memo dated August 2, 2011 seeking for N902,000.00 was approved for a two-man team to visit the various camps. This was to enable the crew interact directly with the athletes and their coaches and obtain firsthand information about them for Facebook Page.

iv) Following the directive of the HM to adopt a more aggressive approach in projecting the Facebook Page, it was decided at the ICT Unit level that the NSC Facebook Page should be advertised in Facebook. An initial sum of $200 was committed to this. This immediately translated to a tremendous increase in the followership of the NSC Facebook within one week.

v) It is no secret that Facebook Pages can either be used as:

a) a personal social interactive forum; or

b) a commercial tool to advertise goods and services, project a cause, draw awareness to products, canvass for followership, etc.

The Commission’s Facebook Page was deployed for the second category, which naturally attracts advertisement costs. The creators of Facebook can be contacted on this.

vi) Furthermore, following the success of the advert, another memo dated August 26, 2011 for N300,000.00 was approved to step up and extend the advertisement of the Page, purchase Internet Modems with a one month additional subscription.

vii) We wish to state that:

a) Opening of Facebook pages does not attract any form of payment and the NSC Facebook Page was opened at no cost.

b) The initial $200 paid for advertisement was privately funded.

c) The sums of N902,000.00 and N300,000.00 were approved for the Facebook Page crew to accompany the HM on his visits to the various camps of athletes and their coaches and to purchase internet modems with additional one month subscription respectively. Of this amount, the sum of $1,000 (N160,000.00) was to advertise the NSC Facebook Page in Facebook and the Page was so advertised.

All the above can be verified.

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=323441654365795&id=208635555846406

Original discussion

hardeyincah:

plz how can i join d facebook page, or what is d facebook name,

maclatunji:

I know about running Facebook Pages and can tell you that N1.2m is not too much for managing one in a year. The real question is: were all these things truly done or is this 'reasonable' explanation being used to cover-up corruption?

Facebook pages are the next big thing in advertising particularly in Nigeria. Give me a buzz if you need management of such a page. Creation is free but management and advertising cost money. The bigger your budget, the better the results- It is that simple!

blackboi:

bird of same feather   

Please, spare me the talk. That Facebook page is nothing to write home about. No apps, no advert!No image about the sport facilities available in Nigeria and those of our stadiums.

989900:

Do you get it? You WOULD NOT  see adverts on the page, the page itself is sponsored (it's the advertised product) It is "randomly" advertised on people FB pages by the right hand side (it's called impressions). You might see it you might not. . . Personally I have not seen the page advertised but others might have. Google facebook ads or if you have FB account read about it by clicking "advertising"

Secondly, you can go to the fb page right now and read other people's comments, and also post your own grievances with the state of sports administration. . .just like the sport facilities thing you just complained about.

What are you up to?Jeez! Where are your evidences now?

It's surprising to see how you are coercing me to visit Facebook and make my grievances known. Dude, I didn't mean to offend you but it is very childish of you to say that.