Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mamman Ahmadu, has urged Permanent Secretaries to get acquainted with procurement processes for a more effective implementation of the Procurement Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Janet McDickson, Head Media Unit of the bureau, Janet McDickson, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the director-general made the call at a recent retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The theme of the retreat was \u201cStrengthening Public Procurement for Optimal Effectiveness\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was aimed at equipping the permanent secretaries with the fundamental principles of procurement to achieve value for money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mamman said that section 20 of the Procurement Act, 2007 placed the permanent secretaries at the heart of the procurement process, as accounting officers in their ministries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that it was important to guide them appropriately, according to the Act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahmadu also said that e-procurement was currently being developed by the bureau in collaboration with the World Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that 10 Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government (MDAs) had been selected as pilot procuring entity before the full roll out of the system service wide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBenefits to be derived from the use of e-procurement are tremendous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs drivers of the procurement reforms in your respective ministries, it is important that this information is brought to your attention,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that tremendous improvements had been recorded in public procurement over the years, while encouraging the permanent secretaries to do more for optimal achievement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also speaking, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Folasade Yemi-Esan said that public procurement played a significant role in achieving socio-economic inclusion of all strata of society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said that the government had the responsibility of ensuring that it paid great attention to public procurement processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt must also ensure that the award of contracts is handled professionally and in compliance with the best practices,\u201d she said <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She urged the permanent secretaries to use scrutiny and discretion before the award of contract which must be within their approval thresholds, and in conformity with other extant financial regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt t is important to know that, liabilities arising from failure to ensure accountability and transparency may not go away even after leaving the office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAccounting officers could be asked to account for their actions and inactions even after leaving office,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n
Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mamman Ahmadu, has urged Permanent Secretaries to get acquainted with procurement processes for a more effective implementation of the Procurement Act. According to Janet McDickson, Head Media Unit of the bureau, Janet McDickson, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the director-general made the call at a recent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[949],"tags":[891],"class_list":["post-42716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-bpp-2","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n