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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. 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

nd07:
thanks 4 d correction but u still need 2 work on ur character. still immature

smuth:
I thought your father warned you not to smoke weed again. Your father must hear this.

sameolg616:
its funny ow nigerians talk like illiterates atimes...before making an allegation,they should get facts and let the appropriate professionals assess it...the terms and conditions to it..there are many ways to actually make money without actually inflating it when there are many clauses on the contract that may never be activated but has been paid for eg...would i have the time to constantly come and assign roles to your new staff when i would have empowered a senior staff as an equal "administrator"?or be going into all the ministries manually to collect cummulative dat when i can easily schedule a competent software to do the task and send to me via the internet or even ask my own staff to go there on a monthly,quartely period to collect the data...
in other terms,the website may even be serviced by a foreign company which in turn is handled by a middleman who acts as an agency
they should gather or request all these facts before they make allegations...
im not ruling out the fact that it was loaded but lets see the terms and conditions of such contract first...

homesteady:
We know It is not Fashola's work to do surveys, but doesn't common sense tell anyone that a N78 million website is extremely costly?

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

maestroferddi:
Forget the noises being generated by Buhari, corruption will be around for a very long time.

Why? Because Nigerians are incurably gullible.

aresa:
Qualifying people's actions and utterances is not insult. When you steal, they call you a thief. When you rape, they call you a rapist and you make dumb and ignorant statements, you get called dumb and ignorant.

kamair237:
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...

ekeneidiagbor:
Bros, I totally second ur view.. Truth is no matter how good a government or administration is there wud always be lapses... Nobody is saying fashola was a bad governor or not... The point remains that if we don't frown and criticize such lapses, it becomes a continous event. Which is why our leaders do as they please and feel they can get away with it.... Spending such money on a website is incredulously ridiculous... I appreciate the op's post at least for educating us on the tender act

Frankiss44:
They are both criminals that misappropriated cash but you only chose to respect one thief and disrespect the other because of either partisan or tribal sentiments

vfactor:
I beg to disagree! Issues of opinions are not quite open to judgement like actions! So calling some body names cos he made an contrary statement is what is it is - an insult!

kbshow100:
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

aresa:
Stella Oduah was indicted by the Nigerian senate and even the presidential panel set up by her boss recommended her sacking and she was rightfully sacked.

And what criminal act have you so far indicted BRF with. Obviously, that came from your anus.

And you jokers get mad when we call you ignorant illiterates...

xty2cool:
This guy above me is not sincere to himself. Am not APC but am no doubt Fashola fans. The honest is that he disappointed me yesterday. I was thinking he will prove critics wrong but unfortunately he did not.

My conclusion after yesterday was that,

1. My dear Fashola is not as spotless as l think.
2. You never can trust politicians absolutely, they all have stained hands.
3. He awarded the contract on Loyalty ground. Remember his comment on Loyalty


But I still love him bcs l know he can deliver anytime.

Frankiss44:
AN IGNORANT ILLITERATE IS A FOOL THAT CANT PASS MESSAGE WITHOUT INSULTS.... #OKBYE

three:
fyi aresa

aresa:
Sounds like you just looked on the mirror before typing and posting that rubbish.

Btw, you don't have to type or bark like a dog in big caps.

You are getting too emotional, get some cold pure water to calm your brain..

Frankiss44:
THAT ADVICE WILL BE THE SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM BECAUSE THE ONLY PERSON GETTING TOO EMOTIONAL HERE IS YOU... YOU NEED TO GROW UP... YOU ARE BIGGER THAN THE WAY YOU REPRESENT YOURSELF ONLINE, DON'T SHOW THE WORLD THAT THE HARD EARNED CASH YOUR PARENTS SPENT ON YOUR EDUCATION WERE WASTED


GROW UP AND QUIT ACTING LIKE A TEENAGER.

aresa:
[s][/s]

You are boring me..

Frankiss44:
THE AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN A BORE FEELS BORED

Frankiss44:
AN IGNORANT ILLITERATE IS A FOOL THAT CANT PASS MESSAGE WITHOUT INSULTS.... #OKBYE

signz:
It's their modus operandi.

They attack with insults just to discourage any contrary opinion.

@Tonybarcanista, we need more pple like you. Welldone

signz:
Op and all Yorubas who have contributed to this thread should kindly go to there representatives in the NASS and compel them to cut igbos lose from the federation. Start an offline campaign, go to the streets and put your money where keyboard is.

Just 5% of Yoruba population can do it and Yorubas can also convince the Hausas on the need to let us go because we contribute absolutely nothing to this union. Am sure Hausas will agree.

Thank you

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

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. 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.


Fashola neva signed nor any of his commissioners.......... the website was contracted based on the advise of the ministry of science and technology. Don't even try going after fash! You'll drown........... clown!


May God Bless Us All

TonyeBarcanista:
May God Bless Us All NIGERIA

aresa:
...but you common sense just failed you since this is not just about one website.

The contract called for not just the website, but multiple websites, maintaining and uploading thousands of photos and videos on multiple media platforms and lifetime maintenance.

Now, for you to openly assert that this cost too much, don't you first have to give us your own idea of the normal going rate/price to do everything the contract demanded and also how much you charge for man hours to maintain these websites for life or for the rest of your life since lifetime maintenance remains part of the contract.


Acting as if you have common sense is one thing, but actually displaying that common sense is another thing entirely..

IYANGBALI:
Pls be informed that there will be an owambe party on saturday 17/10/2015 to celebrate the success of our shedrens Babatunde Raji Fashola,Kemi Adeosun,Kayode Fayemi and Lai Mohammed at the screening of ministerial nominees at the senate. All are cordially invited except freeglobe,TonyeBarcanista, Ishiamu gunuvi Truckpusher Rozayx5 bomsilaga exxel erunz dunsman Nigerianvenom Ishiamu Phockphockman, nwadiuko1, ibokUtoroh, Koded, Ecoterrors, iPrinz20 Aprokoman, OcheJoseph, Dearpreye, Firefire, Tomakint Francizy, Temitemi1, Hinwazaka Ecoterrors,rokiatu, Dumkem21 Biafranqueen, Mogidi, Mizmycoli,vickyrotex, IsraeliAirforce, Candyrain, Ambivert, Rose2014, Provacateur, Opiaoku, NDPVF, Anonimi, Engineerboat, Talktimi, ahaika23, coolestrogue APCSucks Emperortj93 DebateNigeria,chukwudi44 and all other wailers. Time is 12pm till dawn. Venue: National stadium iganmu Lagos. Aso ebi{uniforms}will be available from tomorrow pls collect yours from clothes dealers in your area.

nwadiuko1:
u dull well well