FG reveals how contracts under Fashola, Amaechi, others were inflated by N27bn
BPP revealed this in its 2018 annual report obtained from the bureau by News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
The report showed that in 2018, 86 certificates of “No Objection’’ was given out by the bureau to MDAs for contracts initially totalling N1.421 trillion but was later reduced to N1.394 trillion. Also, the BPP saved N1.37 billion on projects from the Ministry of Transportation from an initial request of N76.22 billion and from Ministry of Water Resources, N521 million was saved out of N13.12 billion.
In addition, savings of about N8.04 million was made from various contracts under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior, from an initial request of N9.23 billion. According to the report, the public procurement activities in most MDAs are shrouded in secrecy and not in line with international best practices
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