Sunday, 4 September 2016

FG to Sanction Heads of Agencies over Abuse of Procurement Act



The federal government says henceforth chief executives or directors general of departments, agencies or parastatals who abuse  the Public Procurement Act 2007 will be sactioned.

Dr. Folashade Esan, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Folashade Esan, issued the warning, while speaking at a forum for chief executives of agencies,  chairmen, secretaries of tenders board and other relevant stakeholders in the administration of procurement.

Dr. Esan, said sanctions had become imperative given high cases of abuse of the Public Procurement Act.

 “The Procurement Act is what we are talking about, and in that act the responsibility lies solely on the shoulders of the chief executive. In that act, it stipulate what the sanctions are.

“One sanction is that the liability of what you do  in office lies with you even after you have left service. Even if the chief executive is in place for four or five years and leave service, he or she will be called back to answer what he did in office,” she stated.

The permanent secretary  contracts and projects must be advertised  on national dailies and federal tenders journal.

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