At the ministerial screening earlier today ex-Lagos state governor Raji Fashola was asked a direct question regarding the N78million appropriated for the building of personal website. Here was Fashola's response...

“I don’t fix contract prices, it is an institutional process. The only training I have is that of a lawyer... As Governor of Lagos I didn’t sign cheques. I’ve never signed cheques, I didn't fix contract prices”

While we all agree that award of contract is an Institutional process, FASHOLA refused to tell the Senate that the process is only finalised when the relevant commissioner in charge of the affected ministry append his/her signature as prescribed by Section 30(5) of Lagos State Public procurement Law (2011) which Fashola signed into law... In fact subsection 5 was very clear...

30.— (1)   There is established by this Law in each of the State’s Ministry, Extra-ministerial Office/Department/Agency, Parastatal, Corporation, a Tenders’ Board.

(2)   Subject to the approval of the Board, the Agency shall from time to time prescribe the membership of the Tenders’ Board.

(3)   The Tenders’ Board shall have power to award and be responsible for the procurements of goods, works and services within the benchmark set in the Regulations to this Law.

(4)   In all cases where there is a need for pre-qualifications, the Chairman of the Tenders’ Board shall constitute a technical evaluation subcommittee of the Tenders’ Board charged with the responsibility for the evaluation of bids which shall be made up of professional staff of the procuring entity and the Secretary of the Tenders Board who shall also be the Chairman of the Evaluation subcommittee.

(5)   The decision of the Tenders’ Board shall be communicated to the Commissioner for implementation. (EMPHASIS Mine)
http://www.lagosppa.gov.ng/ppa-law/tenders’-boards

Fashola Indicts Himself:
From the section (SPECIFICALLY subsection 5) it is expressly clear that the Fashola's administration through the affected Commissioner 'okayed' the contract to be awarded at that RIDICULOUS amount. We should also note that Commissioners are not elected but appointed by Governors and they report to Governors. That means the affected Commissioner must have reported the said contract to then Governor Fashola while reporting the activities of his ministry to his boss.

Looking at the defence that Fashola put up and placing it side by side with procedure, two things can be deduced;

1. Fashola was aware of the whole thing but deliberately LIED before the Senate to cover his track. He was fully aware of the deal. The job of the Commissioner is to ensure that contracts by the Tender Board is in the public interest. His/her signature is a testament of endorsement. Fashola as briefed but deliberately refused to revoke nor question the contract. In fact, he was silent about it until Ambode raised alarm. OR

2. Fashola was not aware thereby making him complacent of his duties as governor of Lagos state. If this is true (which is doubtful), then we beg to ask how many more inflated contracts went undetected by the Governor? This second is a statement of incompetence.

Both 1 and 2 are indicting if we look at them from any angle..

The 'I Never Signed Chequ' Holds No Water
The Fashola's 'I never signed cheque' statement is untenable anywhere. No Governor or Presidents signs cheque for the award of contract in Nigeria. There are Accountants that effect payment. What is required of the political officers is to APPROVE contracts for the Accountants to issue cheques. So why should Fashola use that as defence? Let me also remind all that NO Governor or President 'steal' or inflate contracts directly! The process to loot has always been INFLATION of contracts through relevant Commissioners/D-Gs etc.

It is however unfortunate that the Senate FAILED to ask relevant question but instead nod their heads in ignorance. It is very shameful that the same Nigerians that called for the head of Princess Stella Oduah over the N260million vehicle were singing Fashola's praise for the shabby defence that he put up.



May God Bless Us All

Op

cry me a river.....


make sure it flows long and run's deep....
wailer....

By d way Mr OP...
Wat qualification(CV) do u have
Don't tell me u are just a concerned citizen...

How i wish one day you will channel this your research to something important that will develop the youth,,

May God open your eyes and brain as he opened the eyes of Edwin Clark, NOI, Akpabio and so many other wailers. Ameeen

U go always find sometin talk, EP / Enemy of Progress. Tribunals are vacant sha

Who approves any contract if not him..

Thou he is better than Lie Mohammed.

Fashola got an overwhelming Yee from the senators compared to Lie lie mohammed who got 40% 'Nee' but was approved.

I watched in awe as Nigerians especially the educated youths were celebrating the ignorance of the senators and irresponsibility of Fashola.

I have always said it that Nigerians greatest problem remains poor educational system that churns out half baked graduates who can barely make rational decisions.
No wonder the ruling class will always tell us to our face that we are not yet ready to take over leadership.
Once he is our tribesmen, or on the good side of the majority in our immediate environment, we swallow whatever the said person offers hook, line and sinker without any thought.

The coming generation of Nigerians leaders could be far worse than the present!

I hope this is on front page

menix:
Who approves any contract if not him..

Thou he is better than Lie Mohammed.

Fashola got an overwhelming Yee from the senators compared to Lie lie mohammed who got 40% 'Nee' but was approved.

The Senate de fall hand! Fashola's defence will go record as the lamest ever.

TonyeBarcanista:
At the ministerial screening earlier today ex-Lagos state governor Raji Fashola was asked a direct question regarding the N78million appropriated for the building of personal website. Here was Fashola's response...



While we all agree that award of contract is an Institutional process, FASHOLA refused to tell the Senate that the process is only finalised when the relevant commissioner in charge of the affected ministry append his/her signature as prescribed by Section 30(5) of Lagos State Public procurement Law (2011) which Fashola signed into law... In fact subsection 5 was very clear...

30.— (1)   There is established by this Law in each of the State’s Ministry, Extra-ministerial Office/Department/Agency, Parastatal, Corporation, a Tenders’ Board.

(2)   Subject to the approval of the Board, the Agency shall from time to time prescribe the membership of the Tenders’ Board.

(3)   The Tenders’ Board shall have power to award and be responsible for the procurements of goods, works and services within the benchmark set in the Regulations to this Law.

(4)   In all cases where there is a need for pre-qualifications, the Chairman of the Tenders’ Board shall constitute a technical evaluation subcommittee of the Tenders’ Board charged with the responsibility for the evaluation of bids which shall be made up of professional staff of the procuring entity and the Secretary of the Tenders Board who shall also be the Chairman of the Evaluation subcommittee.

(5)   The decision of the Tenders’ Board shall be communicated to the Commissioner for implementation. (EMPHASIS Mine)
http://www.lagosppa.gov.ng/ppa-law/tenders’-boards

Fashola Indicts Himself:
From the section (SPECIFICALLY subsection 5) it is expressly clear that the Fashola's administration through the affected Commissioner 'okayed' the contract to be awarded at that RIDICULOUS amount. We should also note that Commissioners are not elected but appointed by Governors and they report to Governors. That means the affected Commissioner must have reported the said contract to then Governor Fashola while reporting the activities of his ministry to his boss.

Looking at the defence that Fashola put up and placing it side by side with procedure, two things can be deduced;

1. Fashola was aware of the whole thing but deliberately LIED before the Senate to cover his track. He was fully aware of the deal. OR

2. Fashola was not aware thereby making him complacent of his duties as governor of Lagos state. If this is true (which is doubtful), then we beg to ask how many more inflated contracts went undetected by the Governor? This second is a statement of incompetence.

Both 1 and 2 are indicting if we look at them from any angle..

The 'I Never Signed Chequ' Holds No Water
The Fashola's 'I never signed cheque' statement is untenable anywhere. No Governor or Presidents signs cheque for the award of contract in Nigeria. There are Accountants that effect payment. What is required of the political officers is to APPROVE contracts for the Accountants to issue cheques. So why should Fashola use that as defence?

It is however unfortunate that the Senate FAILED to ask relevant question but instead nod their heads in ignorance. It is very shameful that the same Nigerians that called for the head of Princess Stella Oduah over the N260million vehicle were singing Fashola's praise for the shabby defence that he put up.



May God Bless Us All

You are a daft wailer. Can you compare Fashola to Oduah.
Idiotic bush fellow.

The zombies will soon swarm this thread.

@ topic, Though Fashola is someone I like, But his response during the screening was wack, Fayemi did much better. I don't know why some people were even hailing him.

TonyeBarcanista:
At the ministerial screening earlier today ex-Lagos state governor Raji Fashola was asked a direct question regarding the N78million appropriated for the building of personal website. Here was Fashola's response...



While we all agree that award of contract is an Institutional process, FASHOLA refused to tell the Senate that the process is only finalised when the relevant commissioner in charge of the affected ministry append his/her signature according to Section 30 of Lagos state public procurement law (2011) which Fashola signed into law... In fact subsection 5 was very clear...

30.— (1)   There is established by this Law in each of the State’s Ministry, Extra-ministerial Office/Department/Agency, Parastatal, Corporation, a Tenders’ Board.

(2)   Subject to the approval of the Board, the Agency shall from time to time prescribe the membership of the Tenders’ Board.

(3)   The Tenders’ Board shall have power to award and be responsible for the procurements of goods, works and services within the benchmark set in the Regulations to this Law.

(4)   In all cases where there is a need for pre-qualifications, the Chairman of the Tenders’ Board shall constitute a technical evaluation subcommittee of the Tenders’ Board charged with the responsibility for the evaluation of bids which shall be made up of professional staff of the procuring entity and the Secretary of the Tenders Board who shall also be the Chairman of the Evaluation subcommittee.

(5)   The decision of the Tenders’ Board shall be communicated to the Commissioner for implementation. (EMPHASIS Mine)
http://www.lagosppa.gov.ng/ppa-law/tenders’-boards

Fashola Indicts Himself:
From the section (SPECIFICALLY subsection 5) it is expressly clear that the Fashola's administration through the affected Commissioner 'okayed' the contract to be awarded at that RIDICULOUS amount. We should also note that Commissioners are not elected but appointed by Governors and they report to Governors. That means the affected Commissioner must have reported the said contract to then Governor Fashola while reporting the activities of his ministry to his boss.

Looking at the defence that Fashola put up and placing it side by side with procedure, two things can be deduced;

1. Fashola was aware of the whole thing but deliberately LIED before the Senate to cover his track. He was fully aware of the deal. OR

2. Fashola was not aware thereby making him complacent of his duties as governor of Lagos state. If this is true (which is doubtful), then we beg to ask how many more inflated contracts went undetected by the Governor? This second is a statement of incompetence.

Both 1 and 2 are indicting if we look at them from any angle..

The 'I Never Signed Chequ' Holds No Water
The Fashola's 'I never signed cheque' statement is untenable anywhere. No Governor or Presidents signs cheque for the award of contract in Nigeria. There are Accountants that effect payment. What is required of the political officers is to APPROVE contracts for the Accountants to issue cheques. So why should Fashola use that as defence?

It is however unfortunate that the Senate FAILED to ask relevant question but instead nod their heads in ignorance. It is very shameful that the same Nigerians that called for the head of Princess Stella Oduah over the N260million vehicle were singing Fashola's praise for the shabby defence that he put up.



May God Bless Us All God Bless Nigeria

@ Op the Disgraced and discredited ignorant can't read and comprehend protection seeker.

Please when you are done with your latest idiocy and foolery, show us where Fashola or the commissioner signed any checks and last time the world checked, signing checks and the rubbish you posted are 2 different things..


Many of the nuisance wailers on NL post better half baked than you so you are a lousy and sub par wailer...

Op u for summarise dis story na

If only this OP and his ilks would concentrate their efforts on the Eastern States, they might have a home to go to, instead of constituting nuisance and miscreants in Lagos state.

Oduah must pay for her crime.

Get lost,!!!

TonyeBarcanista:

It is however unfortunate that the Senate FAILED to ask relevant question but instead nod their heads in ignorance.

The senators are more like educated illiterates. No ideology, i can bet they all were listening with their eyes (as their ears grabbed nothing) while some of the nominees gave their analysis as they can't even debate with the nominees on wat they do not know. Law makers should comprise learned ones and not those ones there that do not know their left and right. Some nominees would make better senators than most of them that only practise how to shout "I" and "Nay".

TonyeBarcanista,



When are we getting;

1.Akpabio indicts Diezani Epistle

2.NOI throws Jona under the bus diatribe...

Incase it has not dawned on yet, these two have buried six feet deep the remains of what use to be biggest party of Africa...

Doing a prose about them will serve you better than concentrating on a ship that has sailed....


God bless your hustle, cos the disloyal PDP folks like Edwin Clark, NOI &Akpabio are making this your job more & more difficult by the day.

.

TonyeBarcanista:

The Senate de fall hand! Fashola's defence will go record as the lamest ever.

Sincerely, it was but let see what happens morrow when Amaechi appears.

One of the most compounding hypocritical realities of Nigerias politics is the brazen double standards deployed at every turn by some perennial clannish thinkers to defend their benefactors irrespective of his/her glaring shortcomings while castigating "devils" elsewhere. Totally nonplussing.. How else can you explain a situation where the same bunch of evil minds who yesterday were jumping up and down, celebrating the death of Almasiegha as a good thing for Nigerias fight against corruption end up constituting the group vociferously defending Tinubu while pushing Fashola.com as Obama and Kennedy rolled into one that will save Nigeria? This guy is totally corrupt, was caught with his hands in the cookie jar and held Lagos state down while a Tinubu injected with heroin raped mercilessly. Now you APC vagabonds will make him a minister while bleating "change".. Are you guys naturally this double-faced or you chose to be so

tonye i lost hope when i saw people hailing fashola for accumulating such heavy debt profile using d false claim of spending it on capital projects whereas it is evident that d debt is highly an unproductive debt......
And him comparing usa debt profile which is highly justifiable in terms to standard of livving to lagos just show y we should wail more

SeverusSnape:
The zombies will soon swarm this thread.

@ topic, Though Fashola is someone I like, But his response during the screening was wack, Fayemi did much better. I don't know why some people were even hailing him.

Fayemi was worse. Spending 2.5bill on a govt house in a poor state. Common so far no nominee has impressed

Op maybe u need to listen to the interview again. He mentioned they scrapped the tender board process (which u quoted extensively) when the procurement act was enacted. Please u need to educate us on the procurement act procedure then

What if everyone liked everything that happens in the polity? that would be weird u know.

TonyeBarcanista stands as the voice on the other side of the divide...We need constructive criticisms to keep the Governmennt in power on its toes.

To the topic, I gat nothing against Fashola

The issue of contract inflation in Nigeria is like Lagos Traffic. It goes beyond description.

The truth is that the system makes it impossible for government to award contract without inflating the price. From submitting the bid bond to the award of contract, there are various offices to settle before a contractor can secure a government contract.

Fashola did not indict himself per say. To he, he successfully placed the blame on the door steps of those in charge of that particular transaction and the applicable laws. Mind you, the Governor is not vicariously liable for the actions of his commissioners .

Give it a rest nah.

stanech:


Fayemi was worse. Spending 2.5bill on a govt house in a poor state. Common so far no nominee has impressed

...Even in Fayemi's 'worst', He did better than Fashola as far as this Screening is concerned.

Op so since morning this is what you are piling up? .... one! two!! go get a life

LONG LIVE PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI! LONG LIVE BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA!

@op, take your case to the appropriate quarters. Ride on the FOI bill by asking the said Ministry to furnish you with relevant documents as regard the said contract.

Best of luck in your sojourn!

LONG LIVE PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI! LONG LIVE BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA!

PedroJP:




The senators are more like educated illiterates. No ideology, i can bet they all were listening with their eyes (as their ears grabbed nothing) while some of the nominees gave their analysis as they can't even debate with the nominees on wat they do not know. Law makers should comprise learned ones and not those ones there that do not know their left and right. Some nominees would make better senators than most of them that only practise how to shout "I" and "Nay".

My brother, I was virtually dumb while watching the charade of screening. I had to change the TV channel to something more productive.

Op maybe u need to listen to the interview again. He mentioned they scrapped the tender board process, which u quoted extensively when the procurement act was enacted. Please u need to educate us on the procurement act procedure then

Larryjay4u:
Op maybe u need to listen to the interview again. He mentioned they scrapped the tender board process (which u quoted extensively) when the procurement act was enacted. Please u need to educate us on the procurement act procedure then

Scrap wetin? Who will scrap tender board process? The Procurement Act of Lagos state is a law that was passed by the paliament and signed by Governor Fashola. You don't wake up and scrap a law. Laws can ONLY be repealed by the same parliament awith the signature of the Governor. As at today, the law is 100% valid.

Meanwhile, the Tender Board procedure has always been the procedure in both States, LG and FG.