The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has assured that the recently launched e-procurement system will allow for efficiency and transparency in the procurement process.
Dr. Bawumia who launched the Ghana Electronic Procurement System (GHANEPS) on April 30 2019 said ‘’ The eProcurement system is designed to address corruption in procurement procedures by minimising human face-to-face interaction, and increase productivity for both Procurement Officers and Service Providers as all manual procurement process and procedures are automated’’.
He said the system is designed to address corruption in procurement procedures through minimization of human face-to-face interaction, while increasing productivity for both Procurement Officers and Service Providers as all manual procurement process and procedures are automated.
‘’In addition, there will be a considerable reduction of the use of paper associated with tendering, greater ease in monitoring and audit, increased accuracy in reporting and statistics, increase in participating suppliers in public procurement, increase in the number of tender responses and a reduction in Procurement lead times’’ he added.
Source: BestNewsGH.com