Edo State Authorities has stated that the state’s e-governance platform initiated by the rapid previous authorities of Governor Godwin Obaseki was operated by unknown non-state actors or so known as consultants.
Political Information studies that the State Governor, Monday Okpebholo disclosed this whereas ordering for an pressing overview of the platform.
An announcement by the Secretary to the State Authorities, Musa Umar Ikhilor, dated twenty fifth November, 2024, stated nobody throughout the total Public Service of Edo State has administrative management of the platform.
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Ikhilor stated the operation of the e-governance platform was thought-about a severe knowledge safety threat because it had positioned your entire governance construction of the state on the mercy of non-state actors or so-called consultants.
He stated it was due to it that there was an pressing have to overview the method.
In accordance with the assertion, “The eye of the Edo State Authorities has been drawn to a report making the rounds that the Senator Monday Okpebholo-led administration has shut down the e-governance platform initiated by the earlier administration. Nothing could possibly be farther from the reality.
“It has nonetheless been noticed that your entire e-governance platform of Edo State Authorities is being run and operated from the backend by unknown non-state actors and nobody throughout the total Public Service of Edo State has administrative management of the platform.
“That is thought-about a severe knowledge safety threat because it has positioned your entire governance construction of the state on the mercy of non-state actors or so-called consultants. This, subsequently, requires an pressing have to overview the method.
“Within the gentle of the foregoing and so as to treatment this clear and current hazard, the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo has ordered the rapid overview of your entire e-governance platform with a view to enabling the Edo State authorities achieve whole administrative management of the platform and restoring institutional reminiscence of presidency which the present platform lacks.
“Whereas the overview is ongoing, all officers and workers of Ministries, Departments and Companies are to proceed to work on the e-governance platform pending the result of ongoing overview”, he stated.
He added that the assertion was to additionally dismiss as unfaithful some studies in a piece of the social media that the state authorities had shut down the platform.