The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) says it’ll deepen its partnership with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, to professionalise and rework public procurement in Nigeria.
Dr Adebowale Adedokun, Director-General, BPP, gave the peace of mind in a press release by Ijeoma Chijoke-Adindu, Head of Information and Public Relations, BPP, in Abuja on Wednesday.
Adebowale gave the peace of mind when he acquired the Vice-Chancellor of ABU, Prof. Adamu Ahmed and his delegation on a courtesy go to.
The delegation comprised representatives of the World Bank-supported Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Centre of Excellence and the University’s Public Procurement Research Centre (PPRC).
The BPP boss described the connection between the 2 establishments as cordial, technical and institutional, constructed on mutual respect, self-discipline and a shared dedication to excellence.
He mentioned the bureau’s regulatory interventions have been aimed toward strengthening institutional requirements and shouldn’t be misconstrued as adversarial.
He recommended ABU for its contributions to procurement training {and professional} improvement, significantly by way of the PPRC and the World Bank-supported SPESSE Centre of Excellence.
Adedokun mentioned the proposed areas of collaboration aligned with the bureau’s reform priorities, significantly Food Security Procurement, Affirmative Procurement and Community-Based Procurement.
According to him, the implementation of the reforms requires robust tutorial assist in analysis, curriculum improvement and capability constructing.
He expressed optimism that ABU, by way of the PPRC and SPESSE Centre, would play a number one function in advancing the initiatives.
Adedokun reiterated the bureau’s dedication to making sure that the centres hosted by the college attained and sustained the standing of Centres of Excellence in procurement coaching, analysis {and professional} capability improvement.
He mentioned that meals safety procurement was designed to deploy public procurement as a strategic instrument for strengthening meals manufacturing, aggregation and distribution.
The BPP boss welcomed the college’s proposal for a sustainable partnership framework and warranted the delegation that it could obtain expeditious consideration.
“We will gladly receive your proposal and set up a small joint team with your team to review it.
“We will examine the issues and convene another meeting where we will agree on what we are committed to delivering in the next one year and in the next two years,” he mentioned.
Earlier, Ahmed mentioned that the go to supplied a chance to reaffirm the longstanding relationship between the college and BPP, and to discover avenues for deeper institutional collaboration.
The Vice-Chancellor acknowledged BPP’s management in advancing procurement reforms, significantly in professionalisation, institutional capability improvement, digital Government Procurement (e-GP), transparency, effectivity and accountability.
He mentioned that the PPRC was established in 2016 by way of collaboration between BPP and ABU, including that the bureau had remained a useful accomplice in its actions.
He additionally acknowledged BPP’s contributions to curriculum improvement and Train-the-Trainer programmes for the PPRC and SPESSE centres.
Ahmed mentioned that the PPRC had skilled greater than 4,300 procurement practitioners by way of over 35 programmes.
He mentioned that the SPESSE centre had skilled 3,303 professionals throughout its first part and an extra 1,200 personnel because the graduation of its second part.
According to him, the college’s internet hosting of each centres displays its dedication to supporting Nigeria’s public procurement reform agenda.
The vice-chancellor offered a proposal for a sustainable framework to strengthen the partnership past particular person management tenures.
The proposal contains an Executive Education Programme in Public Procurement, integration of the PPRC into the SPESSE sustainability framework, expanded regional coaching, assist for procurement reforms and e-Government Procurement.
It additionally covers commissioned analysis, skilled certification and improved coaching infrastructure.
The assembly ended with the formal presentation of the proposal doc, with each establishments expressing optimism that the strengthened partnership would promote procurement professionalisation, institutional improvement and larger worth for the nation. (NAN(NAN)
Edited by Kadiri Abdulrahman
