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Posted by Odinaka on Thu 22nd Feb, 2018 - tori.ng

The Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, OSGF, has explained how N65 million was spent on a single website.

Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha

TORI News reported on Tuesday that the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), in 2017 appropriated and spent N65 million on its website.

A review of the 2017 budget performance of the OSGF revealed that N65 million was budgeted for the already existing website while the office claimed that N64,855,875, the amount released, had been fully utilised.

In a statement signed by its Director of Information, Lawrence Ojabo, the Office of the Secretary of the Government of the Federation, explained how N65 million was spent on a website, adding that the website is currently undergoing a redesign and upgrading.

According to PREMIUM Times, the statement read: “For purposes of clarification, the existing website, the screenshot of which was published by Premium Times, is undergoing redesign and upgrading to bring it in conformity with modern technology and requirements of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

“The OSGF is a critical hub of government that maintains a very high sense of accountability and transparency in all its transactions. The new website will further strengthen this core value as it will be built on the newest web technologies language, will be secured, fully managed locally, and hosted on a dedicated server. A new server infrastructure will be installed.”

In justifying the amount spent, the office said part of the fund will go into training 50 people that will manage the website after it has been redesigned, but did not provide details of how 50 people will manage a website.

“The consultants to the project will in addition train not less than 50 officers that will facilitate timely updates and ensure very robust content management system,” Ojabo said.

The office also provided information on specific components expected of the redesigned website.

“Other components include new home and adjoining pages, HTML, CSS, Javascript compliance, and providing annual technical service support; acquisition of various high end systems including deployment of DL380 GEN9 E%-2629V4 US server, 2x1TB SATA – HPE Part#867448-S01; HP All-in one Desktops/Intel Processor/8GB RAM/500GB HDD/17” Screen/Windows 10; Training of web masters and web content Providers; Apple MacBook 2.7GHz, Corei7, 16GB RAM, 512SSD, 15.4” Display, Retina Display, Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB memory, etc.”

Noting that the new website will come up in few weeks’ time, Ojabo said due process was followed in the award of the contract for the website.

“The award of the contract for the website followed the pre-requisites of the Public Procurement Act 2007, before it was awarded on October 17, 2017. The emphasis of the OSGF under the leadership of Boss Mustapha on value for money and judicious application of public resources will never be vitiated for any reason.

“It is expected that the new website will meet the expectations of a highly sophisticated, dynamic, online-savvy media-consuming public. This is in line with the civil service reforms strategy which calls for greater openness, transparency, and public responsiveness in Government agencies in their delivery on policies and programmes.

“Accordingly, the new website when completed in a few weeks will include more windows, platforms, and links to various agencies to enable citizens, interested persons in the business of Government from around the globe to interact more easily with Government organizations and officials, provide an effective management information system and enhance public participation and ownership of Government programmes and policies.”