DHAKA, Feb 19, 2020 (BSS) – Planning Minister MA Mannan today asked the
government officials, especially those engaged in public procurement, for
discharging their role sincerely by maintaining transparency and
accountability.
“Public procurement means spending money collected from public and for
this all concerned should be sincere to ensure better use of people’s money
from their patriotic feelings in order to boost economic growth,” he said.
The minister was speaking as the chief guest at a workshop titled “How
Senior Government Officials Can Support Achieving Value for Money Outcomes in
Procurement” at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the city, said a press
release.
Secretary of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED)
Abul Mansur Md Faizullah and World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and
Bhutan Mercy Miyang Tembon spoke at the workshop as special guests.
World Bank Lead Procurement Specialist Richard Olowo and Consultant of the
World Bank Sunil K Bhattacharya also spoke on the occasion.
CPTU IMED Director (Coordination and Training) Shish Haider Chowdhury
chaired the programme.
Speakers on the occasion informed that public procurement is very
significant in Bangladesh as the government spends 45 per cent of the
national budget and of this fund. About 75 per cent of ADP which is about 16
billion dollars is spent on public procurement, they said.
They mentioned that optimum use of public investment and timely and
quality service delivery depend on how well public procurement system
functions.