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Nigeria: N'assembly Cut NPC Vote by N2.5bn -Daggash
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This Day (Lagos)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Chinwe Ochu
Abuja
The Minister/Deputy Chairman of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Senator Sanusi Daggash has disclosed that the National Assembly in the last bugdetary allocation slashed the Commission's budget estimate by N2.5 billion, adding that despite the situation, potential contractors should not shy away from applying for contracts when the occasion calls for it as they will be treated fairly.
He stated this at the inauguration of NPC's Procurement Planning Committee (PPC) which according to him, is a major step towards President Yar'Adua administration's desire to fight corruption in all its ramifications.
According to him, the establishment of the PPC in the various ministeries, departments and government agencies is part of the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, signed by President Yar'Adua in June 2007,which aims to streamline and rationalise the concept and procedures behind procurement in government.
Daggash stated that in the past, the idea of procurement in the public sector had been bedevilled with so many bottlenecks and the Act was enacted to put the process in perspective.
According to him, among the terms of reference, the committee members headed by the Secretary of the Commission, Professor Sylvester Monye, shall be responsible for "issuing certificate of "No Objection" to contract award for contracts above N1 million but below N50 million to enable the procurement unit proceed to the Ministerial Tender's Board for the approval of the contract".
He stated that with the inauguration, the excess work that the Due Process Unit had previously been saddled with in the previous administration will now be handled at the Ministerial level.
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Daggash said members of the committee "have been invited to serve in view of the high level of their competences with respect to integrity and professionalism", further adding that they have outstanding work to attend to, owing to the late commencement of their duties.
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