15 Oct Buhari directs MDAs to accord local contractors priority
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all agencies of government to give priority to indigenous professionals for planning, design and execution of national projects.
The President spoke yesterday at the inauguration of the Presidential Monitoring and Evaluation Council of the Executive Order 5, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
A statement by Spokesman Femi Adesina, said President Buhari stressed that foreign professionals should only be considered where it had been certified that local expertise was not available
“The Federal Government shall introduce Margin of Preference in National Competitive Bidding in contracts, in the evaluation of tenders, from indigenous suppliers of goods manufactured locally over foreign goods.
“All Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) shall ensure that any professional practising in Nigeria must be duly registered with the appropriate regulatory body in Nigeria.
“All MDAs shall ensure that for all consultancy contracts awarded to foreign companies, engineering drawings, necessary calculations, design, among others, are made available to their corresponding Nigerian partners, including arrangements with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as partners towards local production of needed materials,” the statement said.
It explained that Executive Order Number 5 was made to place Nigerian professionals and manufacturers at the centre of the nation’s economy.
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