The Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Procurement, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has said the National Assembly, NASS, will investigate activities of the procurement system in Nigeria since 2019 to rectify previous mistakes and regain the confidence of the public in the procurement system.
Okpebholo disclosed this on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, saying Nigeria would get better procurement exercise that would define the renewed hope for the country.
According to the legislator, he made it known that contrary to what was obtained in the past when many things about contracts were not done well, due processes would now be followed, while only qualified persons would get the contract they applied for in the new dispensation.
The Senator, representing Edo Central Senatorial District, also said the committee was set up to ensure that Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs of government were aligned to a new paradigm shift, where ordinary Nigerians could bid and win contracts unlike what was obtainable in the past.
Okpebholo stated that the idea of MDAs calling for bids and lining people conducting a rigorous exercise, only to be disappointed with a bias selection, was wicked and unacceptable.
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