State and non-state actors have been admonished to key into the Open Contracting by developing interest in the Public Procurement processes inorder reduce corruption in governance.

This was the focal point  of the Anti-Corruption Hackathon Workshop organised by Accountability Lab in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP – Nigeria), Open Contracting and the Ekiti Bureau of Public Procurement through the Nigeria Anti-corruption Innovation.

Journalists and Civil Society groups were  educated on contracting process from budget till implementation.
Project is building on existing progress to adopt the use of procurement data and innovative technologies to improve access to good quality procurement data that will be used for analysis and monitoring of risks, support informed decision making and create awareness of the various projects the government is embarking on in Ekiti State.

The project team has had successful outings in Plateau and Edo state. The workshop and training have been declared open by the UNDP Representative Adewole Oke (Social Innovator-SDG 16 with UNDP Nigeria).

The Project Officer, Shiiwa Mnenga said the project: Anti Corruption Innovation Project in Public Procurement is a deliberate initiative of Accountability Lab Nigeria in partnership with the Open Contracting Partnership to bring about a improvement in public procurement of Edo, Plateau and Ekiti states.

Originally published in The Independent

Kibo Ngowi