Ekiti govt deploys N58 million software for project monitoring, performance tracking
Experts advise on how to save billions of naira lost to tax evasion, money laundering
EKITI State Government has approved the procurement of a softwarebased platform that helps project officers and executives to manage their project monitoring and performance tracking activities.
The State Executive Council had approved the award of contract for the monitoring system to Messrs Ireskills Concept at a contract sum of N58 million, making Ekiti State to become the first state in the country to deploy a dashboard to aid in service delivery.
The state’s Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, who disclosed this in Ado- Ekiti, at the weekend, said that the Strategic
Project Monitoring System ( SPMS), otherwise known as Dashboard, is to ensure that government projects are wellexecuted, delivered on time and ultimately be of value to the targeted beneficiaries. Olatunbosun added that the Dashboard would boost collaboration between project team members and the executives by providing the government with a point of truth for project information.
The commissioner said that "the Dashboard comes with an internal use software that digitises project files and pictures to be accessible easily and securely online, which would assist in actualising Ekiti Performance, Assessment, Improvement and Report ( EKPAIR) goals and objectives that could be used in tracking activities of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAS).
According to him, "experiences and feedback obtained revealed that tracking of activities using an automated software- based system is essential to help fast- track the monitoring of activities/ programmes of MDAS, which would ultimately lead to more efficient and effective in- service delivery to the state.”
In his remarks, DirectorGeneral/ Special Adviser, Office of Transformation and Service Delivery ( OTSD), Dr John Ekundayo, listed other benefits of the software to include proper execution and timely delivery of developmental projects to residents. I
N another development, experts in the civil society space have said that an effective implementation of Beneficial Ownership ( BO) transparency principles in Nigeria will help Nigeria save billions of naira lost yearly to illicit financial flows through money laundering and tax evasion.
They said that the opaqueness surrounding the ownership of businesses in Nigeria should be a source of concern to the country, especially as it concerns the extractive sector.