Authors :
Suleiman Saleh Aji; Abdullahi Nafiu Zadawa; Muhammed Musa Mukhtar
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8238973
Abstract :
Public procurement policy guarantees that
transparency and accountability are enshrined for effective
project delivery. However, due to lack of competition and
openness in the award of contracts, Yobe state’s public
procurement has been characterized as vulnerable to
corruption. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the critical
factors affecting public procurement implementation policy
for effective project delivery in Yobe state. Consequently, a
self-administered questionnaire was administered on a
random sample of 118 members of MDAs tender board in
Yobe state with 100 valid responses recorded. Data were
analysed using mean ranking. Findings from the mean
ranking revealed that the most critical factors affecting
implementation of public procurement policy are lack of
experts around public procurement policy, the inability of
the anti-corruption agencies to promptly try and dispose
public procurement cases, political inference, frequency of
changes in design due to improper planning, lack of
political-will, poor cash flow and lack of appropriate
framework to support public procurement policy
implementation. Therefore, it is recommended that the
government should collaborate with allied construction
professionals in improving implementation of public
procurement policy in Yobe state, and appropriate
strategies should be adopted for evaluating and getting
feedback for the purpose of achieving effective project
delivery in Yobe state.
Keywords :
Critical factors, Effective project delivery, Policy implementation, Public procurement.
Public procurement policy guarantees that
transparency and accountability are enshrined for effective
project delivery. However, due to lack of competition and
openness in the award of contracts, Yobe state’s public
procurement has been characterized as vulnerable to
corruption. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the critical
factors affecting public procurement implementation policy
for effective project delivery in Yobe state. Consequently, a
self-administered questionnaire was administered on a
random sample of 118 members of MDAs tender board in
Yobe state with 100 valid responses recorded. Data were
analysed using mean ranking. Findings from the mean
ranking revealed that the most critical factors affecting
implementation of public procurement policy are lack of
experts around public procurement policy, the inability of
the anti-corruption agencies to promptly try and dispose
public procurement cases, political inference, frequency of
changes in design due to improper planning, lack of
political-will, poor cash flow and lack of appropriate
framework to support public procurement policy
implementation. Therefore, it is recommended that the
government should collaborate with allied construction
professionals in improving implementation of public
procurement policy in Yobe state, and appropriate
strategies should be adopted for evaluating and getting
feedback for the purpose of achieving effective project
delivery in Yobe state.
Keywords :
Critical factors, Effective project delivery, Policy implementation, Public procurement.
