News reaching Pulse.com.gh says embattled Head of SSNIT’s Management Information Systems, Caleb Afaglo, has been fired over the $72 million software controversy.

Dr, Afaglo is said to be the man at the centre of issues surrounding the procurement of an IT software for Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).

He was fired after a board of trustees met over the controversial IT software procurement.

The software was to provide superior services to SSNIT customers, reduce member enrollment cycle through forms, provide effective reporting solution, achieve real time processing of contribution reports and reduce benefit processing time.

However, there have been concerns raised about the lack of documents to back Dr Afaglo’s advertised credentials, a week after a $72 million software deal awarded by the Trust in 2012 was made public.

The contract has generated heated debate in the country, causing public disaffection for the Trust.

The initial contract sum was $34 million and it was to automate processes at the Trust. Later reports show that system cost the SSNIT an unbudgeted $72 million within a four-year period.

it has also been revealed that the man who played a key role in the implementation of some components of the contract has no degrees he claimed to have obtained.

An investigation by anti-graft agency, Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has disclosed Dr Afaglo who played a key role in the implementation of some components of the contract has neither a master’s degree nor a first degree as he claimed.