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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