As part of efforts to end delays in the implementation of the Renewed Hope Agenda on the road sector development, the Minister of Works, Nweze Umahi, has had a partnership discussion with the management of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) on the need for a new paradigm of seamless bureaucracies in public procurement processes for efficient and timely project delivery.
A statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the minister, Orji Uchenna Orji, Wednesday in Abuja said in a meeting held at the Federal Ministry of Works Tuesday, the minister stated that for the work sector to achieve greater prospects in innovation, efficiency, and economy in the road infrastructure revolution agenda of the present administration and to best respond to the citizens’ yearning for road sector intervention, there must be a deliberate effort to remove all bureaucratic constraints to project evaluation by the Bureau of Public Procurement.
He noted the core mandates of the Bureau, which among others are to foster accountability, consistency in pricing, effectiveness in contract execution, and value for money, and urged them to see delay as one of the greatest inhibitors of the objectives of the establishment of the BPP.
“We seek closer cooperation and collaboration to enable the ministry fast-track delivery of the road infrastructure projects inherited and those initiated by the Renewed Hope administration. When we came on board, we insisted on best practices, and we introduced innovations to ensure we give Nigerians enduring road infrastructure that is fit for purpose. We therefore need a collaborative resolve to end unnecessary delays in the procurement processes,” he said.
He pointed out that different procurement methods, including restrictive, selective, and competitive bidding measures, are geared towards achieving value for money and effective service delivery to Nigerians.
The director-general, Bureau of Public Procurement, Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, commended the minister for the purposeful initiatives of the Federal Ministry of Works under his watch and assured him of enhanced synergies with the ministry so that the noble objectives of the administration of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the works sector would be achieved.
