The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has urged the National Contractors Association of Nigeria to register with the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) as a Non-Governmental Organization to enable it effectively monitor activities of contractors in the country.
He gave this charge yesterday in his office while receiving the leadership of the National Contractors Association of Nigeria led by it National Chairman, Mr. Onuche Okoh who paid him a visit.
Bello said that the Procurement Act gives Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations a window to register with the BPP to participate as watchdogs in the entire contract processes in the country.
The Minister therefore encouraged the Association to study the Act and take advantages of the window provided to strengthen the performance of contractors in the country.
Earlier, the National Chairman of the National Contractors Association of Nigeria, Mr. Onuche Okoh, revealed that the Association was established in 1987.
He frowned at several numbers of uncompleted buildings scattered across the country and promised to help eradicate abandoned projects.
Okoh said the association will go back to the basics by monitoring the activities of the contractors by entrenching transparency and integrity.
