Sole sourcing should not be abused- Bawumia

The Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has entreated state officials to desist from abusing sole sourcing policy when awarding government contracts.

“We have seen and heard of incidences of the abuse of procurement processes, especially on the reliance on the infamous sole sourcing approach. Sole sourcing is actually quite legal and there are circumstances under which it is necessary, but it should not be abused,” he admonished.

Speaking during a six-day training on procurement, Dr Bawumia bemoaned the rules and regulations governing public procurement in Ghana which have occasionally been flouted by government appointees and public servants.

“Ghana, like most evolving economies, has fully adopted the decentralised system of public procurement of goods and services and works since the mid-2000s as part of the public financial reforms. However, the rules and regulations of public procurement in Ghana have been occasionally flouted by government appointees and public servants who are supposed to be the great custodians of the public procurement law,’ he complained.

The Vice President indicated that the Akufo-Addo’s government is desirous of doing business on the right footing.

This, he explained that the training programme was designed to build the capacity of government appointees and heads of institutions on the provisions of the public procurement law.

“I’ve had the occasion in the past when we were in opposition to list and discuss some of such infractions of the law. Given the non-negotiable significance of public procurement in the governance of our country and the resounding victory granted by the good people of Ghana on the aegis of the trust that the NPP government is more capable of handling corruption head-on, the four month-old government of Nana Akufo-Addo is desirous of doing government business on the right footing, hence this special training programme designed to build the capacity of government appointees and heads of institutions on the essential provisions of the public procurement law, the PFM law and the budget appropriation processes in order to avoid some of the mistakes of the past and achieve more tangible development results for Ghana,” he said.

 

 

By: Ghana/Ultimatefmonline.com/106.9FM

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The Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has entreated state officials to desist from abusing sole sourcing policy when awarding government contracts. “We have seen and heard of incidences of the abuse of procurement processes, especially on the reliance on the infamous sole sourcing approach. Sole sourcing is actually quite legal and there are circumstances […]

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