The Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on Wednesday ordered an immediate review of the State’s electronic governance platform.
The order was contained in a Government Special Announcement, dated 25th November 2024, and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Musa Ikhilor.
According to the statement, the review became necessary following a discovery that the entire e-governance platform of Edo State Government is being run and operated by unknown non-state actors, and no one within the entire Public Service of Edo State has administrative control of the platform.
The statement adds that while all officials and staff of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies are to continue to work on the e-governance platform, pending the outcome of the review, this statement is to also dismiss as untrue some reports in a section of the social media that the state government has shut down the platform.
The statement said the government had considered it a serious data security threat, as outsiders were managing the e-platform, saying the action placed the entire governance structure of the state at the mercy of non-state actors.
