Buhari: Aso Rock to Gulp N355.1m for ICT; N35m for Anti-Virus, Other Softwares

Buhari: Aso Rock to
Gulp N355.1m for ICT; N35m
for Anti-Virus, Other
Softwares

Aso Rock's ICT infrastructure is
going to gulp about N355.1m
according to the 2016 budget.
The budget proposal presented
before the joint session of the
National Assembly by President
Muhammadu Buhari two weeks
ago indicates that, out of the
NGN39 billion budgeted for the
Presidency, NGN136.9 million has
been earmarked for the purchase
of Internet and IT-related
equipment in Aso Rock, Nigeria’s
seat of power.
A breakdown reveals that
NGN114.4million will be
expended on the upgrade of the
existing Internet infrastructure in
the State House with another
NGN22.5million to be spent on
purchasing new Internet servers.
Other technology related
expenditures in the budget
proposal includes the purchasing
of what is described as ‘Active
Devices for State House Network’,
which will cost NGN100 million.
NGN35 million has been
earmarked for the purchase of
security appliances and licenses,
including computer anti-virus
software. The budget also
earmarked NGN55.7 million for
installation of budget planning
software.
The presidency will also spend
NGN27.5 million for the purchase
of computers.
Out of the NGN90.3 billion
budgeted for the Office of the
National Security Adviser (ONSA)
for 2016, NGN8.7 billion is to be
expended to develop the ONSA’s
“All-Eye” surveillance project.