Writing By Khadijah Aliyu; Editing By Godwin Duru
Capacity building has been identified as a major catalyst in addressing infrastructural and procedural gaps in Nigeria’s procurement system.
The Program Coordinator, Sustainable Procurement Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement Center SPESSECE ABU Zaria, Dr. Abdullahi Muhammad, stated this during the closing ceremony of a three-week capacity building held in Kano.
The training was designed to equip participants with modern skills required to achieve value for money in procurement processes.
According to him, the project seeks to address loopholes in public sector procurement while also providing opportunities for a fraction of unemployed youths.
He noted that the Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, has made significant investments in modern procurement practices, stressing the need for participants to apply the knowledge gained.
“The first phase of the SPESSECE programmes is completely free, but after June 2026 anything can happen. I therefore urge participants to take advantage of upcoming environmental and social training scheduled for December 2025”.
Also speaking, the Chief Executive Director Ecobalance Academy, Dr. Haruna Mani, expressed optimism that the partnership would yield long-term positive results, describing the Kano programme as the first advanced training under SPESSECE.
Some of the participants who spoke to Radio Nigeria Saminu Sani from Federal Polytechnic Daura and Hamisu Lawan from Science and Technical Schools Board Kano, commended the initiative, describing the training as timely and impactful.
They pledged to put the knowledge acquired into practice to enhance procurement standards across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs).
Radio Nigeria reports that the training, tagged Executive Short Courses in Procurement Management, Sustainable Environmental Studies and Social Development Studies, was organised by SPESSECE ABU Zaria in partnership with Ecobalance Academy Kano.
Cov/Khadijah Aliyu
