Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Nigeria gets independent procurement monitoring portal to check corruption


The World Bank and the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) have called on civil society organisations operating in Nigeria to evolve a more coordinated and harmonised approach to monitoring the procurement system, to become key stakeholders in budget tracking.

The change came yesterday as the country got its first independent procurement monitoring system.

The procurement observatory portal is a national procurement watch platform aimed at achieving fair, transparent, competitive public procurement process that delivers value for money and supports improved livelihoods for the people of Nigeria.

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