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The Impact Of Public Procurement Act On The Procurement Process In Nigeria Public Sector
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1.5 Research Hypotheses
The study formulated and developed for testing, the following hypotheses:
H0: The Public Procurement Act is weak and ineffective on the Procurement process in the Public sector.
Ha: The Public Procurement Act is weak and ineffective on the Procurement process in the Public sector.
H0: There is no significant impact of public procurement Act on the Public sector procurement procedure.
Ha: There is no significant impact of public procurement Act on the Public sector procurement procedure.
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The
study specifically takes on the public procurement Act in Nigeria with
special reference to the Public sector. There are procurement procedures
and Acts in the Private sector but this study is limited to the Public
sector. Furthermore, this study adopted the descriptive statistical
method whereby the questionnaire was used to elicit responses from the
respondents to reach a conclusion. This is a limitation, because,
further studies can adopt other methods like the investigative kind of
method or the use of unbiased data from the Bureau of public procurement
in order to examine the effectiveness of the Act and in extension, the
Bureau.
1.7 Definition of terms
For the purpose of this study,
some terms were repeatedly used throughout this study and as such its
pertinent that we provide clarity to these terms for effective
comprehension.
Public: This word in this study refers to the people. The masses or the citizens of a given place.
Procurement: this refers to the action of buying goods, materials or services for the good of the public.
Process:
This term refers to the procedure, the pattern, the way whereby a
certain action has to be followed to arrive at an expected result.
Process here has to do with the adopted pattern for procurement.
Public
Sector: The Economy is divided into two sectors. The Private sector and
the public sector. The public sector has its objectives targeted on the
good of the masses. The sector is not profit-oriented but
service-oriented.
1.7 Organization of the Study
This study is
segmented into five chapters. This is to enhance comprehension, crate
symphony in writing and most importantly abide with the departmental
project guidelines. Hence, the first chapter deals with a background to
the study; stating the problem, its aims, hypotheses and significance.
The second chapter brings a review of the related and available
literatures. It recognizes the works of several scholars on the same
subject and brings to light their contributions and opinions. This
chapter is divided into the conceptual, theoretical and empirical
frameworks. The third chapter reveals the methodology adopted for this
study. The method and sources of data were highlighted in this chapter
as well as the research design. The fourth chapter has to do with the
presentation and interpretation of data. This is scientific because our
claims have to be backed up by verified facts. The fifth chapter gives
us the summary of the entire work in few sentences, draws the conclusion
for the study and gives recommendations if any.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Public procurement is the process by which governments buy inputs for vital public-sector investments. Those investments, both in physical infrastructure and in strengthened institutional and human capacities, lay foundations for national development. The quality, timeliness, suitability and affordability of those procured inputs can largely determine whether the public investments will succeed or fail. The Bureau of Public Procurement has established general policies and guidelines relating to ... Continue reading---
