The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) is moving to license individuals and institutions offering procurement training in Nigeria, in a bid to eliminate quackery and raise professional standards in public procurement.
The director-general of BPP, Dr. Adebowale A. Adedokun, made the announcement at the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) National Workshop in Enugu.
“The era of unregulated procurement training is coming to an end,” said Adedokun. “We’re institutionalising a new generation of certified professionals to drive better value for public spending.”
BPP is working with the Federal Ministry of Justice to finalise a debarment procedure targeting violators of procurement laws, part of a broader effort to clean up Nigeria’s procurement ecosystem.
The Bureau also revealed it has saved over ₦173 billion in six months via upgrades to the Nigerian Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO), which enhances transparency and price benchmarking.
Newly revised Standard Bidding Documents (SBDs), 17 in total, were introduced to cover sectors from defense to consultancy. The BPP is also pushing digital reforms, raising contract approval thresholds and cutting processing times by up to 300 per cent.
Adedokun urged stakeholders to view procurement not as a bureaucratic obstacle but as a lever for economic transformation.
