 |
| Engr. Emeka Ezeh |
DOING it right in the award of contracts or procurement inspired the first National Conference on Public Procurement early November in Abuja, where President Goodluck Jonathan directed that only contractors whose records were in the government’s database would be approved for business. Besides, those blacklisted by the World Bank, African Development Bank and other international bodies, are to be barred from public procurement. The presidential fiat will take effect from 2015; and the Bureau of Public Procurement has been ordered to see it through.
