Bureau of Public Procurement Announces Plan to Blacklist Contractors Who Violate Procurement Rules

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has announced plans to blacklist contractors who violate procurement rules as part of efforts to strengthen accountability and curb abuses in public contracting nationwide. The Director General of the BPP, Adebowale Adedokun, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja. 

Speaking during the inaugural Procurement Evolution Day held to mark 19 years of procurement reforms in Nigeria, Adedokun said the bureau had introduced a debarment policy that would sanction and blacklist defaulting contractors both within and outside Nigeria. He said the measure forms part of a wider procurement reform agenda aimed at improving transparency, enforcing compliance, and protecting public resources from abuse.

Adedokun disclosed that the bureau had also introduced a 14-working-day standstill period to resolve contractual disputes before projects proceed to execution, and that all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies would henceforth be required to publish contract awards monthly and submit quarterly performance reports. 

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The BPP chief also revealed that the bureau was developing a national procurement transformation strategy as a roadmap for procurement reforms across federal, state, and local governments, and that digital platforms had been deployed to automate procurement processes and reduce human interference, with hard copy submissions largely phased out.