President Muhammadu
Buhari has launched a portal for citizens to monitor projects executed by the
government.
Buhari unveiled the portal, tagged ‘Eyemark’, on Wednesday
at the presidential villa, Abuja before the commencement of the federal
executive council (FEC) meeting.
The portal can be accessed via eyemark.ng while
it also has a mobile application.
Buhari said the federal government can no longer depend on its monitoring and evaluation teams to oversee the vast number of infrastructure projects spread across the country.
He said the Eyemark portal will promote the participation of
citizens in governance.
The president said “the status of projects, total amount
appropriated and dispensed so far are now available in the public space”.
Buhari blamed poor implementation of infrastructure projects
across the country on corruption.
He urged ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to
cooperate with the ministry of finance, budget and national planning to make
available the required information to be captured on the platform.
In his remarks, Clem Agba, minister of state for budget and
national planning, said the platform will empower citizens and civil society
organisations (CSOs) to monitor capital projects to promote accountability.
Agba said the platform will make use of a sizable network of
citizens who will keep an eye on initiatives in their communities.
“If a user is in Kaduna, we can determine the authenticity
of the reviews. And we know if the image was uploaded from the location the
user claimed it was sent from,” Agba said.
He added that the Eyemark website and its accompanying
mobile application were developed by young Nigerians with inputs from
stakeholders and industry experts.
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