The Lagos State Government spent N78.3m to upgrade the personal website of former Governor Babatunde Fashola between 2014 and 2015, according to a report by the Lagos Public Procurement Agency.

The report, which was published on Lagos State’s official website in May, stated that N78.3m was paid to a firm, Info Access Plus Limited, for the “upgrade of www.tundefashola.com website post May 29, 2015 handover”.

Our correspondent who visited Fashola’s website observed that the website displays the activities and achievements of Fashola and also has a link to the website of Fashola’s wife, Abimbola.

All attempts to speak with Fashola’s spokesperson, Mr. Hakeem Bello, proved abortive as he did not pick telephone calls neither did he respond to a text message.

However, the company which was awarded the contract to upgrade the website said it received only N10m for the job, adding that it was mischievous of the state government to state in its records that N78.3m was given to it.

The firm said the website was not Fashola’s personal website but only reports and documents his activities as governor.

Curiously, however, the website has continued to report the activities of Fashola even over 60 days after he left office.

The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to the Twitter campaign alleging that the Lagos State Government, led by Governor Babatunde Fashola spent N78m to upgrade the www.tundefashola.com website, a site dedicated to giving citizens unfettered access to the governor’s daily activities and open access to information.

“It is imperative to state here that the website in question is not Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s personal website but an official website which reports and documents his official activities as a way of accounting for his stewardship to the people of Lagos State.

“While we do not hold brief for the Lagos State Government, the selective loading of contracts awarded and executed by the Lagos State Public Procurement Agency is itself suspect and aimed at a pre-determined end. The statement of the contract line item and the cost ascribed to the website of the agency are therefore misleading and mischievous.”

The firm, which claimed to have been running the website since 2008, said N12.5m was quoted for the upgrade of the website which included a complete redesign of the page templates.

It added, “N12.5m was quoted for the upgrade of the www.tundefashola.com website, which includes the complete re-design of all the hundreds of page templates. Meanwhile, the LASG spent less than N10m on this and not N78m being circulated on the social media.

“Info Access Plus Limited will provide free technical support for the entire life cycle of the web site.

“Info Access Plus Limited will manage the contents of the site, which consist of press releases, speeches, photos, videos, etc. for one year.”

http://www.punchng.com/politics/we-spent-n78m-to-upgrade-fasholas-website-lasg/

i insist in 2 things

Pedal should call police for me.

Who ever gave out that contract and signed should swiftly be visited by the EFCC.

All the APC states are dubious and wasteful. By the time Buhari begins to jail people he may have nobody left to work with because there is hardly none of these people that have not taken 'fish' from the pot.

INTROVERT:

I caught you booking space with empty content.

Lies flying every where.
Well government project is always over inflate.
So this not new.

What nonsense!

I just visited the website and I was very disappointed! The site don't worth this money they have claimed to have invested in it!

And why would one invest such amount of money in a "report-website" ??

This is dumbness pulling a swing on a skycrapper. I don't want to believe this report is true. And if it is, the Lagos government should be probed or better still, sued for fraud!

That huge amount for just upgrading of website The way these politicians steal funds without conscience baffles me per second.

And the drama continues.......pls watch out for season 3, by then EFCC will be brought in.

..and the mess gets dirtier

Nobody should be immune from prosecution,whether APC or PDP.

Building a website for N78m in a city where many go to bed on an empty stomach is simply outrageous.

Lagos state govt gat to come n explain whatever happened.This issue is one that needs to b cleared.

joke of the century

Passingshort and his fellow criminals will still come here to defend this scam

Fashola should also fight back and expose Tinubu's loots and how Ambode was rigged in!!! Let the revelations begin!!!

Lol. Over £300,000 to upgrade this shitty website that has no proper and well defined mobile site?

I'd build a better one for him with just £10,000 and create a nice app with another £10,000. And that is me charging too much, tbh.

Effing rogues!

When I read yesday about Buhari keeping tinubu in d dark, I can't but state the followwing:

Fashola knows more than tinubu about whaz going in this administartion.

Fashola has refused to tell tinubu whaz going on.

Tinubu feelt spited for Fashola being d face of Lag.

Then boom, ordered his servant Ambode to pintch dat little boy image.

Fash will hv no option than to go Bourdilon and beg tinubu, this has happened b4 actually wen tinubu wanted to prevent Fash from comming back d second tenure.

Things will die down once they settle.

More looting will continue. End of

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Fash did marvelously during his ist term but his second term Tinubu reminded him through d speaker Ikuforoji that he put him there and need to be remitting money to his coffers. I like Fashola as a person cuz he seems smart and intelligent but as far as him and Lagos state is under Tinubu's grip, 4get it. What d Jagaban says is what is done. This method he is using is what Obj used to cage all the governors when he was d president. Then OBJ had all corrupt activities of all the governors in his files. fall out with him and see u battling with Ribadu.

Watching the drama in 3D


Aregbe will be next

Bishop4bella:
Lies flying every where.

Well government project is always over inflate.

So this not new.

Shameless barawo

Where is Buhari, d fighter of corruption?

I hope he is reading d papers. Hypocrites

The report, which was published on Lagos State’s official website in May

The procurement agency should go further by releasing every necessary documents pertaining to the deal. If they refuse then this is blackmail.

MizMyColi:
Who builds a 78 million website?

Does such give unfettered access to God?

good morning my wife

off to work (load my pistol)

how many bastards do you want me to kill today?

Fashola is a hooligan - Oyegun

luvmijeje:


The procurement agency should go further by releasing every necessary documents pertaining to the deal. If they refuse then this is blackmail.

The headline is dubious! Lagos State Government has said nothing new to dispel what Fashola and Info Access Said. PDP agents will do anything to see that Fashola is not honored over his achievements while in power.

oshyno:
When I read yesday about Buhari keeping tinubu in d dark, I can't but state the followwing:

Fashola knows more than tinubu about whaz going in this administartion.

Fashola has refused to tell tinubu whaz going on.

Tinubu feelt spited for Fashola being d face of Lag.

Then boom, ordered his servant Ambode to pintch dat little boy image.

Fash will hv no option than to go Bourdilon and beg tinubu, this has happened b4 actually wen tinubu wanted to prevent Fash from comming back d second tenure.

Things will die down once they settle.

More looting will continue. End of

Never again shall we allow politicians Bobo us!!!! Real change is when this scam is followed to a logical conclusion. PMB and EFCC must hear this. It begins with you and I putting pressure on relevant agencies to look into Lagos state books.

APC political office holders are refined version of PDP. They are refined looters. They introduced projects that appeared innovative, but not with the interest of poor man, rather to loot. Ask Osun State people about Aregbesola, ask Ekiti people about Fayemi. They accumulate loans for future generations.

Fashola claim the site is not a personal website, yet his name is the web address. If truely the website is not personal, something like lagosstate.gov should have been the web address, not Fashola's personal name.

MizMyColi:
Who builds a 78 million website?

Does such give unfettered access to God?

Only in Naija, and Lagos state to be specific. Eko oni bajeeeee oooooo

Why is this thread not yet on the front page?

this is too important to be debated on rumors, Ambode should man up and make his allegation known instead of this sad cowardly attack. I am waiting for facts before i make a comment