Lagos hosts procurement officers’ capacity building programme
The 2024 Capacity Building Programme for procurement officers began yesterday at ‘The Zone’, Gbagada, Lagos.
The programme with the theme: “Effective Use of Procurement Documents, Analysis and Reporting”, aims to enhance the skills and knowledge of procurement officers in the public sector.
The event brought together procurement professionals from government agencies and parastatals, who gathered to share experience and learn best practices in procurement management.
The Director-General of Lagos State Procurement Agency, Mr Fatai Onafowote, emphasised the importance of effective procurement management in achieving good governance and sustainable development.
He said the 2024 capacity building programme for procurement officers of MDAs of the state was organised to further build the capacity of procurement officers of the state for improved service delivery.
Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Bode Agoro, reminded the procurement officers that as custodians overseeing government procurement-related activities, they must ensure maintenance of transparency, manage stakeholders and work hand in hand to ensure the procurement process was used as a tool for development, rather than an impediment.
The Director, Monitoring, Enforcement and Compliance of the agency, Mrs Bola Adeniran, said there was no doubt that the huge investment being made by the government on digitalisation of procurement processes and capacity building of personnel had continued to yield very positive results in public service delivery.
