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July 17, 2007
Quantity Surveyors Fault Composition Of Procurement Committee
The President of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Francis Adetola, has described the committee set up by the Federal Government to oversee the operations of the newly passed Procurement Bill as not only faulty but a negation of the spirit of the document.
July 17th, 2007
According to him, the composition of the members of the committee does not align with the spirit of the initiators of the document.
Adetola said that only one professional body out of the seven that make up the built environment was included in the committee.
His words: "We have a bill that will not be administered by professionals in the built environment. Politicians will now operate a bill that has to do with the built environment. This is rather unfortunate and the anomaly should be addressed without much delay"
The NIQS helmsman expressed regret over a situation whereby a bill that was meant for the built environment had only one professional body, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), as a member, while other members were politicians.
He advocated for an urgent review of the membership of the committee, adding that unless this was done, the purpose of enacting the bill would have been defeated.
Adetola said that the bill would go a long ay in addressing the anomaly being experienced in procurement in the construction industry.
Posted by Publisher at July 17, 2007 02:39 PM
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