BPP saves N95.79b for FG

The Bureau of Public Procurement said it saved N95.79 billion for the Federal Government in 2013 through its project review process.
The bureau disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday.
The statement by the BPP Public Relations Officer, Tommy Odemwingie, said its Director-General, Emeka Ezeh, gave the figure while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers.
The statement quoted Ezeh as saying that the amount was the totla the bureau saved for the country in the four quarters of 2013.
It said that in a country where expectations of service delivery were high, “the saved amount could boost infrastructure provision in critical sectors like education, energy and health”.
It explained that the BPP was able to save the money for the country in the discharge of its responsibility of regulating the process of public procurement to ensure that contract awards were transparent and competitive.
The statement said that President of NIESV, Emeka Eleh, commended the BPP for transforming public procurement process in the country.
It said that Ezeh solicited the support of the bureau to NIESV in ensuring that non-registered estate surveyors and valuers in the country were excluded from functioning as facility managers and estate agents.
Ezeh also appealed to the bureau to accept personal income tax certificates from surveyors and valuers in place of company tax clearance certificates for procurement of contracts.