Former Governor Tunde Fashola Allegedly Spent A Whooping N78.3m For http://tundefashola.com, A Personal Website

A Major Controversy and uproar online as BudgIT, Nigeria’s civic tech organisation, raising the standards of transparency, civic engagement and accountability most especially in public finance has accused the Tunde Fashola led government of spending a whooping N78m to build a website..

Lagos spent N78m for http://t.co/s45EHOrdjj, & N330m on Residence for Deputy Governor. #AskQuestions http://t.co/r27fcqQz6f

— BudgIT (@BudgITng) August 7, 2015

Screenshots of the website can be seen below, in the #AskQuestions currently being run by BudgIT, Nigerians are questioning the rationale for Fashola to have appropriated such a ludicrous amount just to build a website. ….

The former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola shelled N78.3million of Lagos tax-payers money on his personal website, has stirred a huge buzz on twitter.

See tweets….

I have the right to be incensed about Fashola’s N78 million “website upgrade”. IT IS MY HARD EARNED TAX MONEY! I live in Lagos & pay tax!!

— Onye #2ndNigerBridge (@cchukudebelu) August 7, 2015

And I will screaming to my staff to pay PAYE tax. Someone is having N78m contract to upgrade Tunde Fashola website. There is God oh.

— Oluseun l #OpenNASS (@seunonigbinde) August 7, 2015

Former Lagos Gov. Fashola Spent $400,000 To Build A Personalised Website | Sahara Reporters http://t.co/KfmWjOwUc3

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) August 8, 2015

N78.3 million for a website? Which contractor built it? Julius Berger or Dantata & Sawoe?

— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) August 7, 2015

Web: 110m Site: 40m Host: 10m Ing: 15.87m Value: 3% Added Tax: 2% TOTAL: 174.6m Discount: 50% FINAL TOTAL: 78.3m https://t.co/csGIMPu0vp

— tolu ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) August 7, 2015