More than a year into President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the State House website still lists former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the head of the Economic Management Team — a role he held under the previous president.

Additionally, sub-pages in the policy section of the website continue to refer to the last administration. The pages dedicated to the agriculture and security policies, for instance, still boldly attribute administration to Mohammadu Buhari, the former Nigerian President.

The Economic Management Team is still under Osinbajo on the State House Website

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For example, on the page for Economic Policy updates, the dropdown for the administration’s new vision for the Niger Delta still reads the mandate from Buhari’s time as the president. The same applies to the Agriculture dropdown.

Buhari’s vision for agriculture is still boldly written on the State House policy page for Agriculture

Similarly, the security policy page does not align with recent developments. It claims that the “latest” Global Terrorism Index reported an 80% decrease in terrorism-related deaths in Nigeria.

In reality, the two most recent reports — 2024 and 2023 — show a 34% increase and a 25% decrease, respectively. The last recorded 80% drop, relative to the peak in 2014, occurred in 2022. Nigeria’s terrorism death toll is currently about 73% lower than the 2014 peak, according to the 2024 Global Terrorism Index.

This contradicts the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) guidelines. Section 3.1 of the guidelines clearly states:

“The Internet is becoming a preferred means of accessing Government information and services. Therefore, Government Institutions through their websites must make sure that information provided is current and updated at least weekly.”

It remains unclear whether this lapse is intentional or merely an oversight. Some sections of the website, on the same page, appear updated.

A conspicuous example is the State House Servicom Charter, which is signed by Olubiyi Adefunso, the current Permanent Secretary appointed by President Bola Tinubu. Other portfolio pages displaying names and positions in Tinubu’s government have also been updated.

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For the sake of accuracy, Tinubu appointed Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, as the head of a 19 emergency economic management team in March.

Regardless of the cause, outdated information on a State House website reflects poorly on information management. This is not an isolated issue.

EQ has previously reported that many state-owned websites fail to meet NITDA standards. Recently, for instance, EQ revealed that only 10 out of Nigeria’s 36 states have websites that meet basic operational requirements.
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