{"id":41126,"date":"2015-08-10T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=41126"},"modified":"2015-08-10T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T09:36:12","slug":"it-firm-denies-receiving-n78-million-for-fasholas-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/it-firm-denies-receiving-n78-million-for-fasholas-website\/","title":{"rendered":"IT firm denies receiving N78 million for Fashola\u2019s website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439196508026_12675\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IT firm named by the Lagos State procurement office as receiving N78 million for the upgrade of former Governor Babatunde Fashola\u2019s personal website, has denied being paid the amount.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1439196508026_12673\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Info Access Plus Limited said its quotation for the job was N12.5 million, and that the state eventually spent N10 million.<br \/>\nThe figure contradicts details released by the Lagos State procurement office, first reported by the budget analytic firm, BudgiT.<br \/>\nThe listing shows N78 million was spent on the website.<br \/>\nCuriously, for a company that specialises on building and upgrading websites, a Google search for Info Access Plus, revealed that Info Access Plus Limited has no website of its own.<br \/>\nAccording to information technology experts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tundefashola.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.tundefashola.com<\/a>, created by the firm for the former governor, is a WordPress website and an upgrade could not have cost more than N300, 000.<br \/>\nThe news of the expenditure has elicited outrage from Nigerians, with many using their social media accounts to lambast Mr. Fashola, widely seen as one of few upright politicians who could be given a cabinet position by President Mohammadu Buhari.<br \/>\nPremium Times<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IT firm named by the Lagos State procurement office as receiving N78 million for the upgrade of former Governor Babatunde Fashola\u2019s personal website, has denied being paid the amount.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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