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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Monday hinted of a possible review of the 2007 Public Procurement Act.Lawan, who spoke when he hosted

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, Monday hinted of a possible review of the 2007 Public Procurement Act.

According him, the Act as presently framed, is frustrating as far as contract award and execution are concerned. “A situation where about twenty agencies of government buy the same brand of vehicles at grossly different prices is not good. He said, “Our Public Procurement committee will be a very strong committee this time around. The cost of projects in Nigeria is mostly the highest in the world. We cannot continue like this, not in the face of very scarce resources.

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