Is this the change APC promised Nigerians?

Is this the change APC promised Nigerians? If there is any place Buhari should start his corruption probes and fights, he should start with Obasanjo, Tinubu, Ameachi, Fashola and...
Atiku, and Akpabio whose investigation believes that their wealth is questionable and at expense of the suffering masses. Failure to do this, Mr. President’s claim of fighting corruption in Nigeria will be a child’s play, as they say “charity begins at home”.

Lagosians have continue to react to former Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola dubious $400,000 website development scandal brought to the fore by the present Ambode-led administration after the details of the lucre contract was splashed on the world wide web for public scrutiny. 

N12.5m was quoted for the upgrade of the www.tundefashola.com web site, which includes complete re-design of all the hundreds of page templates. Meanwhile, the LASG spent less than N10m on this and not N78M being bandied on the social around.

Info Access Plus Limited developed mobile apps for the top four platforms, namely Apple iOS, Google Play, Microsoft Windows Phone 8 and Blackberry World off the back of this same service cost.

However Mr. Fashola contradicted the contractor’s claim of spending less than N12 million for the website and mobile apps in a statement, the former governor reacted thus:

As far as the website contract is concerned, yes there was a contract. It went through procurement and was approved by the Government agency authorised to do so.

One of the services was an “upgrade” quoted for N12.5 million but awarded for N12 million. There were other services that were new; like a handover countdown clock, mobile Apps for Google, for IOS and ipad, for Microsoft, and for Research in Motion (Blackberry), which the existing website did not have, as well as the annual maintenance cost for managing the website.

It was for all these services that the contract was issued for N78 million, which the Lagos State procurement agency gave a No Objection based on the advice of the Ministry of Science and Technology, who are the Government adviser on ICT matters. In publishing this Contract award which was the Government tradition under my watch, the procurement agency’s website summarised it as “upgrade” only without detailing the other services and this has been distorted by the agents of hate as their suspected “smoking gun”.

Toluwani responded by saying that the former Governor is playing to the gallery with the intent to distract and divert people from the main allegations. Naturally trust people to focus more on the pig/mud aspects rather than his acceptance of paying that amount for website (s). 

Bola said Spending more than 60 million naira of taxpayer funds on simplistic iOS and Android app is gross insensitivity that have characterized most Nigeria leaders. Please ask Fashola if this money was his personal money will spend such on what have no direct bearing on the suffering lagosians? 

Tiwani: Babatunde Fashola has disappointed us, haven started well, look how he ending his political career. This action is worse that armed robber who uses gun to steal, this is first class biro armed robber. More Lagosians continue to react;

Suleman: No excuse of Fashola is tenable anywhere, he has stolen lagosians money, he should return the looted spoil.

Abubakar: is this the change APC promised Nigerians? If there is any place Buhari should start his corruption probes and fights, he should start with Obasanjo, Tinubu, Ameachi, Atiku, Fashola and Akpabio, if he fails to do this, Mr. President should forget fighting corruption as the say “charity begins at home” 

As compiled by National Lifewatch.