THE EFFECT OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES ON ORGANISATION GOVERNANCE, A CASE STUDY OF YUMBE DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................. ii

DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. iii

ACI(NOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................................................. iv

LIST OF ACRONYMS·············· .................................................................................................. V

LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................... viii

LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................... ix

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................... X

CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... I

I. 0 Background of the study ........................................................................................................... I

I. I Staten1ent of the prob le1n .......................................................................................................... 3

1.2 Objectives of the study .............................................................................................................. 3

1.4 Scope of the study ..................................................................................................................... 4

1.4.1 Content of scope .................................................................................................................... 4

1.4.2 Geographical scope ................................................................................................................ 4

1.4.3 Ti1ne scope ............................................................................................................................. 4

1.5 Significance of the Study .......................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER. TWO .......................................................................................................................... 7

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................ 7

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Definition of concepts ............................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Public Procuren1ent ................................................................................................................... 7

2.3 Public Procurement Procedure .................................................................................................. 8

2.4 Procuren1ent planning ............................................................................................................... 9

2.5 Cross-Functional Procurement.. ................................................................................................ 9

2.6 Cross Functional Procurement Teamwork .............................................................................. l 0

2.7 Cross-Functional Procurement Team Benefits and Limitations ............................................. 11

2.8 Governance ............................................................................................................................. 11

2.9 Corporate Governance and State-owned Enterprises in Africa .............................................. 12

2.10 Governance and Monitoring State-owned Enterprises ......................................................... 14

2.11 Challenges of Corporate Governance in Africa .................................................................... 14

2.12 Lack of effective and sound regulatory framework .............................................................. 14

2. l 3 Challenges relating to the prevalence of corrupt practices ................................................... 15

2.14 Challenges due to boardroom composition ........................................................................... 15

2.15 The Concept of Transparency ............................................................................................... 16

2.16 Pub I ic Procurement and Governance .................................................................................... 17

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 19

METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 19

3.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 19

3.1 Research Design ...................................................................................................................... 19

3.2 Study Population ..................................................................................................................... 19

3.3 Sample Size ............................................................................................................................ 20

3.3.l Sampling Procedure ............................................................................................................. 20

3.4 Sources of Data ....................................................................................................................... 21

3.5 Ethical consideration ............................................................................................................... 22

3.6 Data analysis ........................................................................................................................... 22

3.6. l Unit of Analysis .................................................................................................................... 22

3.6.2 Reliability Analysis .............................................................................................................. 22

3.7 Methods of Data Collection .................................................................................................... 23

3.8 Limitations of the Study .......................................................................................................... 25

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................... 26

DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION, DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS ............ 26

4. 0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 26

4. I Characteristics of respondents ................................................................................................ 26

4.2 Age of respondents in the organization .................................................................................. 26

4.3 Hun1an capital ......................................................................................................................... 28

4.4 Departmentalization of the Respondents ................................................................................ 30

4.5 Organizational longevity ......................................................................................................... 30

4.6 Inferential Findings ................................................................................................................. 31

CI-IAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................ 35

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ................... 35

5.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 35

5.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 36

5.2 Recon1n1endations ................................................................................................................... 37

5.3 Areas Recommended for Further Research ............................................................................ 38

APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................. 40

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE GUIDE ............................................................................. 40

APPENDIX II: INTERVIEW GUIDE ..................................................................................... 42

APPENDIX HI: THE SCHEDULE OF THE STUDY ............................................................ 43

APPENDIX IV: TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE STUDY ............................................... 44

APPENDIX V: COMPLIANCE TO THE PPDA AS PER THE PROCURING AND

DISPOSING ENTITIES ............................................................................................................. 45 

ABSTRACT 

The study aimed at establishing the relationship between procurement entity's understanding of the public procurement procedures, application of the public procurement procedures and governance of PPDA Requirements. The procurement entity was deemed fit for this study since it is semi autonomous, gets funding directly from the Ministry of Finance and is bound by the new procurement law (the PPDA Act.) The researcher is concerned that whereas the new procurement laws/procedures were enacted to improve governance in the entity among other things, and that the government (through the PPDA Authority) had put in much effort to sensitize the stakeholders regarding these laws, there was no evidence as to whether these laws had improved governance. The assessment reports conducted by the authority also revealed high levels on non-compliance with the new law by a number of entities. The study employed a crosssectional and descriptive survey designs. combining both quantitative and qualitative research paradigms. The study found out that whereas there was understanding of stakeholders of the public procurement procedures, and application of the public procurement procedures in a number of the entities sampled for this study, the cross-functional team procurement in these entities was still inadequate. The study also established significant relationships between understanding of the procurement procedures and governance, application of the procedures and governance, cross-functional teamwork and governance, understanding of the public procurement procedures and application of the procedures in the entity. The study makes practical and procedural recommendations to the government and the relevant authorities as to the way ahead to improve governance in these entities.