FG, World Bank Intensify Efforts to Strengthen Public Procurement System
The Federal Government has intensified efforts to strengthen transparency, accountability and professionalism in public procurement with the approval of seven new zonal offices for the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
This is contained in a statement by the Head of Press and Public Relations, BPP, Zira Nagga, in Abuja on Monday.
Nagga said that the development was one of the highlights of the meeting between the World Bank-supported Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Implementation Mission and the BPP.
Nagga quoted the BPP Director-General (D-G), Dr Adebowale Adedokun, as saying that the government was also introducing sustainable procurement as a specialised area for recruitment into the procurement cadre.
