I’ve been meaning to address the issue with @adamugarba’s Crowwe App and several insinuations over the latest development with #TwitterBanInNigeria. I did my usual digging & was going to engage him at @akintollgate’s clubhouse session yesterday but he never returned as promised.

Adamu Garba may be known to most as a politician who ran for President in 2019 and later stepped down to support the #NextLevelAgenda of Mr President, but outside that he is also a young entrepreneur in the Tech industry with his firm (IPI Solutions).

Adamu like most political supporters of the Change agenda in his category benefitted from the admin even before 2019. If the @officialEFCC contract award notification to IPI Solutions on the 17th of April 2017 (EFCC/PROC/131/V.I) is anything you go by, the dots can be connected.

The main Question on every lips though is:

“Did the Govt really finance his Crowwe as being insinuated?”—

The simple answer is Capital NO.

The knee jerk decision to shutdown Twitter wasn’t a brainchild of deep thoughts and consultation. Some people simply played god.

I said once that loyalists within the corridor of power often assume their wield the power of the President and most times they get away with this.

We give too much credit to these people & important dialogues get swept away on the riptide of mediocrity.

Adamu like any other entrepreneur will support his benefactors no matter how ludicrous the idea in question is but might differ in areas that may not benefit his bottom line. He tried to position himself strategically for the outcome of the Twitter ban thus creating an impression that may suggest that Govt is supporting him & have created an opportunity by banning Twitter. This is not the situation. A few of us have an alternative indecency’s App like Twitter too in beta stage. We, however, won’t rush things to exploit the situation.

The long and short of the story is that Adamu got a juicy Govt Contract in 2017 from EFCC for the Upgrade of Microsoft Product Licenses at the total sum of USD523, 377.26 equivalent to N159,630, 661 at @cenbank rate of N305 to $1 inclusive of 5% VAT.

This approval however didn’t materialize immediately into release of funds, which may explain the payment in 2019 for the said head item as CBN Bank Document can corroborate as correctly revealed by @GazetteNGR but this wasn’t for Funding a rival App as reported but for an EFCC Contract.

There is no contractor benefitting from any admin that will not support & defend such source of income especially at a time when businesses are collapsing for others. Since the business of every business is to remain in business, the likes of Adamu can sell their souls.

I personally agree with the submission of the likes of Prof @opebanwo et al that Socialmedia platforms operating in Nigeria’s space should not be ceded entirely to the control of foreigners. We can build ours competitively for local content even in compliance with local rules.

One thing regardless is that platforms are what they are. They are neither good nor bad as the use to which they are put along side the pathology of the addiction/abuse will solely depend on users almost beyond the control of the owners of the platform.

This is an ongoing conversation & Govt’s paranoia and obsession for total control is not encouraging fir anyone to invest so much in the country only to get clamped down by state forces/policies. Another issue is trust. Who will trust a platform that can be bullied by Govt?

This remains an ongoing conversation. Adamu Garba may have tried to exploit the situation to extend his reach & earnings but it failed because the people are more aware than they are credited for. Socialmedia Bill will not pass & the voice of the people will not be suppressed.

Our objectivity must never be traded for sensationalism. If the Govt are indeed funding an alternative, we will know. The tech community is too small for such a thing to pass by us without leaving a trail. Govt cannot afford to have Twitter work in the shadows. They know better.

…End of Celestial Observation…

thebosstrevor1:
Good.

FAKENEWS and lies are the foundation of gazzetteng, all because they want traffic.

Every smart entrepreneur should be able to utilize any means possible to promote any app that can compete with Twitter, youtube, it called being business smart, the indian app saw the opportunity and quickly used it while Nigerian press in collaboration with its southern citizens were busy abusing and defacing their own all because the founder love the unity of Nigeria and hated Ipob.

Now, we have allowed the foreigners into our tech space, they will be the ones providing everything for us, while some home grown tech founders will be suckling and crying foul.

Agbegbaorogboye:


Did you read the part where he was paid for Microsoft upgrade for $500'000+ or you deliberately skipped it cause it doesn't fit with your agenda

thebosstrevor1:


And then, so he shouldn't be paid for his services.

All you think Microsoft services is only about Microsoft word, access, excels and pdf packages.

Microsoft have lot of services that only few specialized hands can handle

Agbegbaorogboye:




Care to share some of the Microsoft services whose upgrade requires specialized hands and a contract. Wonder what the IT unit of efcc is doing. Probably selling groundnuts

Agbegbaorogboye:




Care to share some of the Microsoft services whose upgrade requires specialized hands and a contract. Wonder what the IT unit of efcc is doing. Probably selling groundnuts

Agbegbaorogboye:




Care to share some of the Microsoft services whose upgrade requires specialized hands and a contract. Wonder what the IT unit of efcc is doing. Probably selling groundnuts

thebosstrevor1:


I dont know but

Microsoft enterprise packages for businesses are expensive. And if my bid was accepted, shouldn't i be paid for rendering my services

thebosstrevor1:

I dont know but

Microsoft enterprise packages for businesses are expensive. And if my bid was accepted, shouldn't i be paid for rendering my services

FakeUnity:


Bororo, Can we all pretend that the fact that Adamu is a Sai babarian did not help make his 'bid' for the N500 million successful?

Monogamy:


If you are not unnecessary picking a fight, it could be arguing for argument sake.

Sir, Bros, wetin happen ?

Agbegbaorogboye:


Care to introduce yourself pls?

Agbegbaorogboye:

The bolded should have guided you.
Like I said, submitting a bid for "upgrade of Microsoft services" is a laughable excuse for loot sharing.

It's just like submitting a bid to buy toiletries as a contract when you have janitors in a building

thebosstrevor1:


And where does it said funds were looted.

Someone did a contract and got paid for it and you are here twisting everything all because the man is FULANI

Hating someone won't stop him from getting contracts or making money.

Monogamy:


Do I have to introduce myself, the allegations are all glaring and visible in your past and present comments

Agbegbaorogboye:


Ever heard the word phony contracts?
Here's a prime example