
The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are collaborating to deepen ongoing reforms in the energy sector in order to increase productivity and add value to the economy.
According to Janet McDickson, Head, Media, BPP, the Director General of BPP, Mamman Ahmadu, made this known on Tuesday when welcome the AfDB delegation to his office.
The AfDB team was directed by Dr Patrick Owuori, the Regional Procurement Coordinator.
Mamman stated that when executing the much-needed energy sector reform, an emphasis on quality should be made, and that government initiatives should be long-lasting and sustainable.
He said that sufficient rules should be made on how the money the organisation is putting on the table for the project is to be expended.
The director general said that BPP was working assiduously to achieve the Public Procurement Act, 2007.
“Procedures and strategies are put in place for spending government funds that will give value for money,” he said.
According to him, BPP is also collaborating with the World Bank to put in place an e- procurement mechanism for transparency in all procurement processes.
“We are designing a capacity building sector to design customises areas to train procurement officers in skills and knowledge that will match global best practices,’’ he said.
Mamman said that the BPP needed more funding to design procurement capacity that can work with the energy sector and all procurements across board.
He, however, said.that BPP’s partnership with AfDB would go a long way in enhancing the procurement sector engagement.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation and Regional Procurement Coordinator, AfDB, Dr Patrick Owuori said, the new government of President Bola Tinubu, in the bid to get the power sector improve its services, had requested AfDB to develop and redesign a template to improve the energy sector.