Former Lagos State Governor has once again cleared the air over the
controversial N78 million spent for the upgrade of the website –
www.tundefashola.com Lagos State Government under his watch as Governor
in the state, spent the sum of N78 million for the upgrade of the website
– www.tundefashola.com.
The former governor, who indirectly addressed the issue after the
question, ”Did you really open a Website with 78Million Naira?” was raised
by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe at the senate while he, Fashola was
undergoing screening as a ministerial nominee at the senate chambers said
he doesn’t sign checks or award contracts.
He added, “I don’t fix contract prices, it is an institutional process.
The only training I have is that of a lawyer, But in order to execute
works on a project we need the input of architect, quantity surveyors,
structural engineer and we have consulting ministries; For civil works it
is the Ministry of Works, for science it is the Ministry of Science and
Technology among others.
Now periodically, they do market surveys with the Ministry of Economic
Planning , the Statisticians are there to fix prices from biro to Iron rod
to cement it is approved and it becomes the benchmark price of government
procurement, nobody can award any other contract over that benchmark.”
The unfortunate things about money is that it often raises suspicions even
among brothers. Nobody have alleged that I have corruptly enriched myself,
I could not be the master of computers and technology, I need something to
do my work. or award contracts.