{"id":347295,"date":"2017-08-23T11:11:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T11:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=347295"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:49:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:49:48","slug":"previous-board-approved-ssnits-66m-software-deal-prof-alabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/previous-board-approved-ssnits-66m-software-deal-prof-alabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous board approved SSNIT’s $66m software deal \u2013 Prof. Alabi"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former board Chairman of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT<\/strong><\/a><\/span>) Professor Joshua Alabi has distanced himself from the contract that procured a $66 million software<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for the Trust.<\/p>\n The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) is currently investigating five officials of SSNIT for their alleged involvement in the acquisition of a OBS software.<\/p>\n Reports say the software was to network all branches of SSNIT across the country to enable them to receive real time data directly to the headquarters in Accra and enhance efficiency.<\/p>\n Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> on the development Prof. Alabi said his board queried the contract when their attention was drawn to it.<\/p>\n He said \u201cwhat really happened was that\u2026management went beyond the approved figure and brought it to the board for ratification and we queried it and this is in the minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was awarded before my board. The management went beyond the contract sum without recourse to the board; they came to the board for ratification and queried it. But then I really want to believe that the previous board really took into consideration the operations of SSNIT before awarding that contract. The management also explained to the board that there was some unforeseen expenditure that occurred and that is why they went beyond their contract sum but then we queried it because we said they should have brought it to the board for discussion and approval before awarding it,\u201d Prof. Alabi added.<\/p>\n