USAID trains procurement officers on developing annual plan, inclusive procurement
The United State Agency International Development State2State Activity in partnership with Adamawa Bureau for Public Procurement, has trained procurement officers on basic procurement practices, leading to the development of annual procurement plans and inclusive procurement practices for priority MDAs and LGAs.
Speaking at the training in Yola, Ms Suzanne Myada, State2State’s Public Financial Management specialist said that the overall objective of the training is to build the capacity of S2S priority MDAs and LGAs on how to better understand the State procurement systems and practices in line with the State BPP Law.
“The training is to provide participants with a procurement plan template and development of checklist for procurement delivery like value for money inspection checklist .
“Provide participants with insights on how to engender inclusive public procurement practices, including developing a gender and social inclusion checklist to inform inclusive procurement practices,” she said.
Also speaking, Hajaya Maryam Shehu-Dikko, State2State team lead in Adamawa, called on the participants to understand that effective procurement plan promotes effective and prudent management of State resources in ensuring the quality of goods and services delivery.
She added that this would also help facilitate transparency and accountability within the entire procurements and expenditure management processes.
She said the State2State priority sectors are Health, Education, Water Sanitation and Hygiene WASH while the selected LGAs in the training are Gombi, Yola-South, Mubi-North, Numan.
Also, Chabiyada Eli, State2State’s Coordinator, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, said public procurement has great potential to promote gender equality.
According to her, these is important as it contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth.
Eli added “It help public institutions align with the national and international gender equality policies and regulations such as UN State Development Goals, particularly goal 5.”
She further encouraged the participants to always let the SMS understand the process to enable them partake in the process.
In his remarks, Mr Elias Kita, Director of Procurement, Adamawa Bureau for Public Procurement appreciated State2State for the training.
Kita who was represented by Yakubu Iliya, procurement officer said that the training is timely and called on the participants to actively participate for successful implementation of the knowledge acquired in to practice.
He also advised them to step down the knowledge acquired to those who were not being able to attend the training.
