Poverty, hash economy: Agada insists on NCP establishment, EPC reforms

Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Architect Dr Peter Agada, has again blamed endemic poverty and underdevelopment on the failure to implement the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).
This, Agada pointed out, is due to government refusal to establish the National Council for Procurement under Section 2 of the Establishment Act 2007.
He said implementing these sections will scrutinise 90% of all projects that have gulped Nigeria’s resources over the years.
Dr. Agada, who spoke in an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, said the YPP government will save money by setting up the National Council for Procurement, a constitutional requirement that several administ...