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Effect Of The New Public Procurement Act On Government Purchase In Nigeria
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
This chapter which introduces the
subject matter of this research work “the effect of the New Public
Procurement Act on Government Purchase†focuses on the following
sub-headings as background of the study, statement of problem, objective
of the study, research question, statement of hypothesis, significance
of the study, scope of the study, limitations of the study and
definition of terms. These areas are critically x rayed below:
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The
government of Chief Olugesun Obasanjo approved the conduct of the
Country’s Procurement Report (CPR) between 1999 and 2000. The report
made several recommendations resulting in the setting up of the Budget
Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit (Due Process). The administrative
implementation of a due process mechanism in the procurement of goods,
works and services, and the enactment of the Public Procurement Act
2007, which was passed by the National Assembly in May 2007 and signed
into law by Late President Yar’Adua on 4th June, 2007.
Before 2007,
there was no statutory provision that directly regulated the award of
public contracts in Nigeria and this resulted to an avenue by which
government, functionaries rewarded their friends and cronies and by
which they too amassed wealth. The extent of corruption in the
procurement system and its effect on the economy made the federal
government to commission the World Bank in 1999 in collaboration with
some private sector specialist, to review the country’s public sector
procurement structure, including the existing, legal framework,
organizational responsibilities and capabilities and present procedures
and practices and how they made differ from formal rules and procedures.
The
report of the review was presented with certain recommendations and
however, on the 4th of June the then president, Umar Musa Yar’Adua
signed into law the new Public Procurement Act (PPA) which is the first
procurement law in the country’s history.
However, the Act (PPA) is
expected to be binding on all government agencies, ministries,
department and parastatals, who engage in government purchase or
purchase for public usage, hence the apt essence of this research work.
The
Ministry Of Health Owerri dated back to 1976 when Imo State was
created. The ministry in 1977 moved to its permanent site in Orlu Road
Secretariat Owerri. Today the ministry is operating from the New
Secretariat in Port Harcourt Road in New Owerri. The ministry has three
divisions namely: Medical division, pharmacy division and public health
division. The number one man responsible for policy and decision making
as well as all actions of the ministry is the Honorable Commissioner of
Health, in the person of Doctor Obi Njoku, the inline of authority is
the permanent secretary, Doctor John Ihebrenme. The ministry is divided
into eight (8) department namely, public health/primary health care,
nursery service, vector control laboratory service, administration and
finance planning search and statistic, accounting, drug administration
and medical services department. The supply division is attached to the
department of administration and financed under the supply section.
There are principal store officers, higher store officers, store
officers, store keepers and store attendants.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study on the effect of the New Procurement focused on Imo State Ministry of Health Owerri in Imo State. The study used survey design technique. The population of the study consisted of 88 staff from the three divisions in the ministry while Yaro Yamene formular was used to determine the sample size. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used while a 2 and 3 item structured questionnaire was the main instrument of data collection, the research questions were analyzed with simple pe ... Continue reading---
