Linus Oota, Lafia
Nasarawa House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to establish the Nasarawa State Public Procurement Commission.
The law will ensure transparency and accountability in the procurement of goods and services by the State.
Speaker Ibrahim Abdullahi announced this during the Assembly sitting in Lafia on Wednesday.
The motion for the passage of the bill into third reading was moved by the Deputy Majority Leader, Hon Daniel Ogazi and seconded by the Minority Leader Hon Danladi Jatau.
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The Speaker said that the passage of the bill into third reading was due to the importance of public procurement law to societal development.
According to him: “Public Procurement Law relates to those legal provisions which regulate the purchasing and the procuring of services and goods by the government, its authorities and its institutions.
“These include,ministries, departments and agencies.”
He said that the law, if finally assented to by the Governor, would go a long way in ensuring transparency, accountability as well as equitable distribution of resources across the state.
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