The trial of former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, was on Thursday adjourned until October after the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja suspended proceedings to honour his lead counsel, former Attorney-General of the Federation, Chief Kanu Godwin Agabi (SAN), who turned 80 on Wednesday. Justice Sylvanus...
Public procurement
The trial of former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, took another significant turn on Wednesday as an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja that the former minister neither initiated nor signed the procurement documents relating...
Public procurement lies at the heart of governance. It is the bridge between policy intent and public impact. When procurement fails, roads crumble before completion, hospitals remain unequipped, and classrooms stand empty despite billions spent on construction. In Nigeria, where procurement accounts for nearly 30 per cent of the...
Contractors have waited too long. Tinubu’s payment reforms aim to restore transparency, discipline, and trust in Nigeria’s public projects. When President Bola Tinubu assumed office, he inherited a contractor payment system burdened by arrears, opacity and excessive discretion. By late 2025, official estimates placed outstanding federal obligations at roughly...
Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr. Adebowale A. Adedokun, has commended the critical role engineers play in nation-building. Dr. Adedokun, who made the remark during a courtesy visit by the leadership of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), to the temporary office...
An article in TheCable edition of July 4, 2025, entitled: “Lessons from Kenya’s e-procurement revolution,” examined the East African country’s e-procurement reforms and the rapid transformation in how it buys and spends. It was a good read. And what it did, perhaps without meaning to, was remind us that...
Director General of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr Adebowale A, Adedokun has underscored the importance of data in global administration. He said that data was governing the world, describing it as a key component in technological advancement, which must be protected. According to him, “No country or business...