Public Procurement Act And The Implementation of Public Policy In Nigeria

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It is a lon g held belief tha t the grea test a rea of wa ste, corrup tion and

misapp rop ria tion in the pu blic sector is on p rocu remen t and con tra ct

mana gemen t. These executive excesses a re largely a ttribu ted to la ck of p rop er

regula tion and ad equa te con trol. This resea rch is design ed to look in to the issu e.

The en tire resea rch work wa s focu sed on the effect of the govern men t du e p rocess

policy on pu bl ic p rocu remen t and con tra ct mana gemen t usin g S ma ll and Med iu m

En terp rises Develop men t A gen cy (SMEDAN) a s ca se stud y. The resea rch del ved

in to review of va riou s litera tu re by d ifferen t au thors and schola rs to the

p rocu remen t fun ction and its objectives; tenderin g and its methods; bid evalua tion

and p rocedu res; the Federal govern men t's du e p rocess policy and the issu es of

ethics and p rofessional condu ct exp ected of those cha rged with the respon sibil ity of

handl in g pu bl ic exp enditu re. The resea rcher u sed stru ctu red qu estionna ires a s well

a s oral in tetviews with the employees in the sel ected organ iza tion s a s a p rima ry

mean s for da ta ga therin g and Textbooks, Ca ses, n ewspap ers, ma ga zin es, Jou rnal s

etc a s seconda ry da ta sou rces. The resea rch methodology d eals with the

popula tion , the sa mpl e size and the in stru men ts u sed for da ta collection. The

simple p ercen ta ge method and the Chi- Squa re (>l) a re the sta tistical techn iqu es

u sed in ana lyzin g the da ta . R el evan t da ta from qu estionna ire admin istered were

ana lysed, su mma rily d iscu ssed and findin gs reca lled The resul t reveal ed tha t there

is a stron g lin k between effective p rocu remen t mana gemen t and the Federal

govern men t du e p rocess pol icy. The resea rcher con clud ed on his findin gs and made

some importan t recommenda tion s.