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How exactly does the public procurement process work here in Nigeria?

Before I do that, let me give you a little bit of perspective. Procurement reform was initiated in Nigeria in with the democratic government. With the assistance of the World Bank and the IMF (International Monetary Fund) the reform was initiated as a means of addressing the shortcomings of the old procurement system.

Before, contracts were given based on who you knew and there was an issue with inflated contractual costs and a lack of transparency.

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On many occasions projects were undertaken because they were contractor-driven, depending on who the contractor knew in Government.

So when democracy was restored in the country in and with the commitment of the government at that time, we needed to conduct a procurement report with the assistance of the World Bank. They recommended that Nigeria needed to review its entire procurement system with a v Anambra's Emeka Ezeh becomes pioneer chairman FCT Civil ...

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