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projects and their on-site images. The system will also provide<br />

additional avenue for Citizens to forward suggestions or request<br />

for the development projects required in their locality to the<br />

Government.<br />

It was expected that, when implemented successfully at the<br />

Federal Government level, the project will ultimately be deployed<br />

at the federal level and for Federal projects, but will consequently<br />

be integrated with the States Government.<br />

2.1 E-Participation System Stakeholders<br />

All Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) at the Federal<br />

Government that execute any Federal Government project will be<br />

considered as stakeholders while the Office of the Secretary to the<br />

Government of the Federation will serve as the driver of this<br />

important e-Government Project.<br />

2.2 Objective of the E-Participation System<br />

1. Provide a Software Application that will provide<br />

interface with the Grassroots through SMS on the GSM<br />

phones and using internet facility for the purpose of<br />

monitoring and tracking Government Project<br />

Implementations.<br />

2. Provide a means for Government to monitor progress on<br />

ongoing projects, completed projects, images and all<br />

information on Projects.<br />

3. Provide a means for Government to keep track of<br />

feedback from the general public on ongoing/completed<br />

projects.<br />

4. Provide a means for the general public to submit request<br />

for developmental projects to the Government.<br />

2.3 PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT<br />

The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation<br />

of Nigeria, having conceived the project, engaged the services of a<br />

private sector company in the design, development and the<br />

implementation of the system while riding on the Networking and<br />

communication infrastructure provided by another Government<br />

outfit.<br />

2.4 PROJECT STATUS<br />

The project had reached an advance stage, these stages are as<br />

followings;<br />

• E-participation application has been fully developed,<br />

tested and ready for deployment<br />

• Hosting arrangements in placed.<br />

• Data collection and collation about the approved<br />

Federal Projects for the database is in progress.<br />

• A GSM Service Provider was chosen as the network<br />

operator for the SMS, for the pilot stage of the project.<br />

469<br />

GSM<br />

SERVICE<br />

PROVIDE<br />

R<br />

Mobile<br />

Network<br />

Server<br />

Figure 1. e-Participation System Overview Application<br />

Server<br />

Internet<br />

OSGF<br />

Console<br />

3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br />

I wish to thank the Presidency: Office of the Secretary to the<br />

Government of the Federation (OSGF), Nigeria for the confidence<br />

and support given to the ICT Team from the conception of this<br />

project. My gratitude goes to the Director, Planning, Research and<br />

Statistics of the OSGF and entire ICT Team for the cooperation<br />

and support demonstrated on the course of conceptualization of<br />

this project to its implementation.<br />

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