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The Chartered
Institute for Purchasing and Supply Management has called on President
Muhammadu Buhari to withhold assent to Procurement Act which was recently
amended by the National Assembly.
Speaking with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the Institute’s Annual General
Meeting (AGM) in Abuja, some members of the Association stressed that the
amendment was not in line with international best practices, adding that it may
encourage corruption.
For instance, they
said that the increment of mobilization fee from 15 per cent to 30 per cent was
not logical as it could embolden fraudulent contractors to abandon contracts.
The Act requires
public institutions and other relevant parties to ensure that all public
procurements are conducted in a manner that is transparent, timely and
equitable and based on the agreed guidelines, thresholds and standards.
Mr Ado Jubrin,
President, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria
said that the original Act had not even been implemented to ascertain the
lapses that would have required amendment.
He wondered how those
who amended the Act arrived at their conclusion without even first implementing
the original Act.
He said that the
amendment also negates the submissions and recommendations of the institute.
A cross-section, of
Fellow Awardees displaying their plagues, during the Institute’s Investiture
and Annual General Meeting in Abuja.
“It is our view that
the present Act be allowed as it is, let it be practice first, that is only when
you can discover the problems.
“As it is now, it has
never been implemented and now we are making changes to an Act that has never
been used.
“Now you are making
amendments blindly,” he said.
Mr Abdul A Mamman,
Coordinator North Central of the Institute wondered why since 2007 that the Act
was enacted, the National Council on Public Procurement had yet to be
inaugurated. ピーク ファンドリア
