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Despite spending billions of naira on information technology last year, most Federal ministries and agencies lack active websites, Daily Trust investigations have shown.

At least three key ministries--Petroleum, Defence and Agriculture--have no online presence at all, while most of the ministries that have websites rarely update them.

The Ministry of Power's website is among those displaying outdated information, including still having Prof. Barth Nnaji as the minister even though he left office since August.

An analysis of the 2012 budget show that N27.7 billion has been spent by Federal ministries and agencies on information technology services and consultancy.

The budget breakdown show that the funds were meant for setting up data banks, e-governance, simplifying information dissemination, as well as digitizing work in the agencies.

The allocations were listed under sub-headings for internet access charges, information technology consulting, satellite broadcasting access charges, computer software acquisition, information technology training and purchase of computers.

But in spite of the spending, processes of information dissemination by government ministries remain antiquated and slow.

A Daily Trust reporter visited the websites of government ministries and agencies over the past one month, and found that only a few of these display up-to-date information.

Most are rarely updated, have blank pages or contain links that lead to no pages at all.

'Nnaji still power minister'

The website of the Ministry of Power is among those with outdated information. A click on the 'Minister's Office' link last night took us to a page showing Professor Barth Nnaji as the minister even though he left office five months ago.

Links to information on the minister of state and the permanent secretary took us to blank pages.

The Niger Delta Affairs ministry website is no different, as it still shows Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi as minister of state even though she swapped positions with former minister of state for power Darius Dickson Ishaku in October last year.

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this country self.So these ministries cannot employ webmasters to update their website.Nawaoo they wants to save money for their fourth generations