Tinubu approves politics “Nigeria First”

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the “first policy of Nigeria” to give priority to local industries and contractors in all contract activities.

The approval was given on Monday in Abuja at the Federal Executive Council [FEC] Meeting in the context of the administration’s deliberative policy to develop the ability for local contractors.

Politics apparently covers the field, affirming in specific terms that in cases where the local supply is not enough, the contracts will be designed to improve the local capacity.

From now on, the contractors will stop acting as intermediaries in the acquisition of foreign products while national factories remain unused.

The orders of President Tinubu require that the public procurement office (BPP):

● Revisional immediately and apply the supply guidelines to give priority to goods and local solutions.

● Create a “framework of conformity of local content” for all government contracts.

● Keep a register of producers and suppliers of high quality Nigerian services regularly engaged by the Federal Government.

● The supply agents distributed to all MDA should be restored to BPP as a line agency without jeopardizing efficiency.

Orders require ministers, departments and agencies [MDAs] To ensure that:

● No contract for foreign goods or services already available at local level must proceed without justification and a renunciation written by BPP.

● Where there is no viable local option, contracts must include provisions for the transfer of technology, local production or the development of skills (for example, the supply of allocations of quotas within the general sugar plan should take into consideration the back integration plans of the participants and investments in Nigeria and guarantee compliance with the general plan).

● conduct an immediate audit of the supply plans and send magazines in line with these directives.

● Violations will attract sanctions, including the cancellation of contracts and disciplinary actions against responsible officers.