By Deborah Coker
The Ministry of Defence on Friday in Abuja, commenced a three-day technical training on procurement audit, e-Procurement, Performance Management System (PMS) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) for Procurement staff of the Ministry.
The Permanent Secretary, Dr Ibrahim Kana, while declaring the training opened, said it would improve the overall performance of the staff.
Represented by Director Planning, Research and statistics (PRS), Abdulrahman Suleiman, the Permanent Secretary charged the participants to be attentive to lectures and discussions during the training.
According to him, the titles of the lectures are carefully chosen to reflect all the organisational components that outline the entire processes of public procurement namely; people, paper work and process.
“In the Ministry of Defence we critically analyse issues involving the principal hallmarks of proficient public procurement which are economy, efficiency fairness, reliability and ethical standards.”
Earlier in his opening remarks, the Acting Director of Procurement, Mr Otalike Yahaya, said the training would expose participants to best practices in procurement audits and investigations.
He also said that the training would enable the participants to understand the essential tools needed to perform internal control related services as well as speed up the purchase process and save money.
“The Performance Management System in Procurement will help the ministry evaluate the skills, strength and overall efficiency of the employees,” he said .
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some directors in the ministry also participated in the training.(NAN)
