Boss Mustapha, secretary to the
government of the federation (SGF) has lunched a new website for his office.
Mustapha unveiled the website —
which he said costs N64 million — at his office in Abuja, on Monday.
The federal government had
allocated N65m for the portal in the 2017 budget.
The SGF said the old website was
based on an old technology, lacked security features and was not compliant to
one of the federal government’s executive order.
“There was a contract in 2017.
The figure in public domain. It is about N64m including procurement of laptops,
training, consultancy services,” he said.
“The contract was awarded by the
Bureau of Public Procurement in accordance with the procurement act.”
Mustapha said the major component
of the website is the e-participation platform that allows members of the
public to give feedback, request for information from government, submit ideas,
and lodge complaints.
He added that the new website is
participatory and will “bring governance to the people” and will “add value” to
information disseminated to public through some of its features.
The SGF said the N46 million also
involves training of 50 officers that will facilitate timely updates and ensure
“very robust content management system, procurement of laptops as well as
consultancy services.”
The website has links to some
documents such as the Freedom of Information Act, 2011.
It also has links to some
official government websites such as the Federal Road Safety Corps and the
National Identity Management Commission.
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