Cristina Albertin, the UNODC Country Representative in Nigeria, gave the advice on Monday in Calabar, Cross River State during a workshop organised by UNODC on “Corruption Prevention in Nigeria”
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Dr. Joe Abah, the Director General of the bureau, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday
NAN reports that the programme was held at the auditorium of the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Topo, Badagry in Lagos State
He said: “We sanitised the public procurement system through the registration, categorisation and classification of Federal Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers on its National database
Ezeh, who made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the amount was saved in 2014
Ezeh said that it was important for NDC’s senior military officers to be familiar with good procurement processes as a strategic tool for good governance
Ezeh made this known at the Bureau’s Annual Contractors, Consultants and Service Providers Forum of Federal Government Ministries, Agencies and Departments in Abuja
According to him, the greed to bid for higher paying contracts in various government organisations was responsible for the frequent submissions of fake documents by contractors