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07 March 2019, Sweetcrude, Abuja — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday, warned that any of its staff caught violating the provisions of the Public Procurement Act, would be severely punished.
In a statement in Abuja, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, also cautioned staff of the NNPC against contract splitting and accumulation.
Baru, who was speaking at a Supply Chain Management workshop for NNPC Procurement Managers, described contract splitting and accumulation as a deliberate act by procurement managers to subvert due process in the procurement process.
He restated the corporation’s commitment to transparency in every aspect of its operations.
Baru, therefore, directed the Supply Chain Management Division to step up its level of monitoring of the various tender boards within the NNPC for full compliance.
He noted that this directive became necessary to further deepen the culture of transparency in the corporation,
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He stressed that all procurements and contract awards in the corporation under his watch so far had been carried out in conformity with the Public Procurement Act.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the early approval of the NNPC budget, assuring that as the chief revenue earner for the nation, NNPC was committed to the economic policies of the Federal Government.
“The whole essence of the next level is to ensure that things are done correctly and speedily for the benefit of the people,” Baru stated.
The workshop was organized to sensitise procurement Managers in the NNPC to the new procurement policies by the Federal Government.
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