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Effect Of The New Public Procurement Act On Government Purchase In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The
enactment of the Public Procurement Act (PPA) is a great opportunity
for Nigeria to develop as a nation, because national resources will be
allocated on just and transparent manner do satisfy the needs of the
people and the more towards government accountability will be guaranteed
as the people have a role to monitor the use of their resources.
However, from the findings at Ministry of Health, it can be generally
concluded that the greatest challenges to the Act are:
1. The
relevance on the part of the government, its agencies and officials to
embrace in totality the full implementation of the Public Procurement
Act.
2. Inability of organizations and suppliers to understand the Public Procurement Act 2007.
3. The issue of corruption and politic in government functionaries.
4. The involvement of government in the award of contracts in Nigeria contrary to the procurement law.
5. Lack of proper training and orientation.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The
then president of Nigeria, Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’Adua signed into law
the public Procurement Act (PPA) on the 4th of June 2007 with the aim of
addressing the inadequacies of the Procurement Practice In Nigeria by
ensuring transparency, competitiveness value for money and
professionalism in the public sector/government procurement systems.
This project has its objective as:
1. To clarify what sound public procurement is all about as contained in the new Public Procurement Act.
2. To determine the challenges facing the public procurement functions in government ministries and departments.
3. To identify the various challenges militating against the implementation of the New Act.
4. To ascertain the extent to which the new public Procurement Act has impacted on government purchase in Nigeria.
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To indicate the various functionaries and authorities responsible for
implementing the new Public Procurement Act in government ministries and
departments.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following questions are to be critically addressed in this project work:
1. What is sound public procurement?
2. What are the challenges facing the procurement function in government ministries and departments?
3. What challenges militate against the implementation of the new Act?
4. What effect has the new Act made since it became a law?
5. Who is responsible for implementing the Act in government ministries and departments?
1.5 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
Ho:
The new Procurement Act does not have the capacity to transform the
procurement functions in government ministries if implemented.
Ho: The New act has not been accorded the necessary recognition for full implementation in government ministries.
Hi: The new act has received enough recognition for full implementation in government ministries.
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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---
