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Effect Of The New Public Procurement Act On Government Purchase In Nigeria
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1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
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Pubic procurement: Blacksmith (2014:24) defined public procurement as
the process whereby the public sector organizations acquires goods,
services and works from parties. It refers to government activity of
purchasing of goods and services which is required in order to carry out
its functions/activities.
2. Procurement Act: This is a body of
principles, statutory established to regulate and guide the actors and
activities in public procurement.
3. Procurement Assessment Report:
This is an analysis tool used in diagnosing the health of the existing
procurement system in a country for possible modifications to be
effected.
4. Due Process: Uzor A.M. (2014:521) Due process is a
mechanism for ensuring strict compliance with the openness, competition
and cost accuracy rules and procedures that should guide contract award
in the public sector within the Federal Government in Nigeria.
5. Hypothesis: It is a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
6. Enactment: This is the process of making a law official – Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 6th ed.
7. Cronies: person
8. Statutory provision: This is a condition that is fixed by law and must be performed according to dictates of the law.
9. Trigger: Something that causes a particular reaction and development especially a bad one.
10. Amass: To collect something especially in large quantities
11. Apt: Suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
12. Lackadaisical: Not showing enough care or enthusiasm
13.
Public Accountability: The obligations of public enterprises and
agencies (who are entrusted with procurement resources to be answerable
for fiscal and social responsibilities to them.
14. Procurement proceeding: Means the initiation of the process of effecting procurement up to award of procurement contract.
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Relevant authority: It reduces economics and finance crime commission
(EFC) and Independence Corrupt Practice Commission (ICPC).
16.
Debarment: It is a state of being excluded from enjoying certain
possessions, rights, privileges or practices and the net of prevention
by legal means.
17. Blacklisting: It is process of listing or
registering of entities or people for one reason or another, are being
denies a particular privilege, services, mobility accessing or
recognition.
18. Procuring entities: These are individuals, corporate
bodies, agencies etc charged with the distinctive function of
procurement.
19. Value of money: This is the term which describes the
quality of a product or services in terms of its ability to satisfy the
purpose of its purchase.
20. Constraint: A thing that limits or restricts something or someone’s freedom to do something.
21. Transparency: The quality of something such a situation or an argument that makes it easy to understand.
22. Custodian: A person who is responsible for taking care of something
23. Liberal: Generous
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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---
