SENATE PASSES BILL TO COMPEL FG TO PATRONISE NIGERIAN PRODUCTS

Senate passed an amendment to Public Procurement Act 2007 with provisions which mandates all levels of government to patronise locally-manufactured products.Tagged ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Public Procurement Act to Provide for and Adopt a Local Content Policy and Timely Completion of Procurement Processes and Other

Related Matters,’ the bill provides amendments to some sections of the 2007 Procurement Act with the intention to promote the purchase of locally manufactured goods and also ensure speedy completion of projects.The Chairman, Senator Joshua Dariye who presented the report said the bill amended Section 15(1) of the Act by inserting additional clauses to close the gap created by the Act “as we have witnessed in the recent arms procurement saga.”

Dariye added that: “Similarly, the issue of disposal which is an integral aspect of procurement has been aptly captured by the amendment in the new sub-clause 1(e). The committee has equally sustained the amendments of section 34(1,2) sought by the bill for the purpose of patronizing made in

Nigeria goods: this will go a long way to encourage our Nigerian manufacturers.

“The amendment proposed by the bill in section 35 is to review upwards the mobilisation fee from 15 per cent to 25 per cent that may be paid to a supplier or contractor. This is aimed at enhancing timely completion of Procurement Processes at various phases.”

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