The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Dr Adebowale Adedokun, has disclosed that an additional 350 procurement officers will undergo training under the Mandatory Continuous Procurement Capacity Development Training Programme (MCPCDTP) in January 2026.
Dr Adedokun made the disclosure at the closing ceremony and final examinations of the 2025 MCPCDTP (Batch A), held at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Centre for Skills Development, Omagwa–Igwuruta Road, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The training programme, jointly organised by the PTDF and the BPP, has just concluded the training of 350 officers, with the Director-General describing the initiative as a deliberate effort to elevate professionalism and reposition procurement as a strategic driver of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Speaking with journalists at the training facility, Adedokun said the BPP is redefining procurement as a tool for national development rather than personal enrichment.
According to him, the second batch of 350 officers will commence training by the last week of January 2026, with plans to complete the 2025 training cycle by the end of the first quarter of the year.
“Nigeria has a shortfall of well-trained procurement officers, and we must double our efforts to build capacity across all government agencies,” he said, noting that procurement remains far behind professions such as law, accounting and auditing in human capacity development.
Adedokun stressed that the programme is designed to build a new generation of procurement officers committed to transparency, efficiency and national service.
“We are building a crop of officers who are angry about the failures of the current system and are determined to do things right. Procurement is not for selfish gain; it is for nation building,” he stated.
On the training environment, the BPP boss described the 2025 programme as the most secure and best-organised since inception, praising the seamless collaboration between the BPP and PTDF.
He added that participants were exposed to ongoing procurement reforms, including the Nigeria First Policy, digitalisation, community-based procurement, contractor service provider databases and affirmative procurement policies.
Adedokun further emphasised the importance of patronising locally assembled vehicles and made-in-Nigeria products, noting that procurement decisions play a critical role in job creation, revenue generation and economic growth.
He expressed confidence that the trained officers would improve project delivery across government agencies by ensuring fairness, quality control, timely processing of procurement files and strict adherence to due process.
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