Fashola’s Website Scandal, Twitter Overlords, and Rumourpreneurs
Some Thoughts Former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola. Photo Credit: Punch Former Governor Babatunde Raji Fahola (BRF) has finally responded to the website scandal story that broke out last week. Couched between his anger-laced sentences was his confirmation that N78million of public funds was supposedly spent to “upgrade” his website ( www.tundefashola.com ). Essentially BRF is telling us he approved about $400,000 – the price of a 4-bedroom house in Abuja – to pay for what is basically an internet-based, interactive billboard to advertise his achievements. Apart from the condescending tone he adopted in responding to this serious allegation that borders on corruption and gross mismanagement of public funds, there are a couple of issues with this website scandal. First, the IT firm BRF said Lagos state paid to upgrade the website earlier denied receiving N78m, sayi