PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIES IN THE SENSITIZATION OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ON DUE PROCESS IN RIVER STATE BUREAU OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Abstract

The study seeks to address issues relating to Due Process in Nigeria’s local government administration in public procurement. As part of its objectives it has examined what Due Process concept is all about and what constitute its main problems with particular reference to contract awards. In the paper literature is reviewed which provide some understanding on Due Process objectives, stages, requirements, benefits as well as problems associated with it implementation. A research framework is provided, which suggest empirical examination of Due process in the procurement process of Rivers state public institutions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Abstract

Table of content

CHAPETR ONE

1.0   INTRODUCTION 

1.1        Background of the study

1.2        Statement of problem

1.3        Objective of the study

1.4        Research Hypotheses

1.5        Significance of the study

1.6        Scope and limitation of the study

1.7       Definition of terms

1.8       Organization of the study

CHAPETR TWO

2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPETR THREE

3.0        Research methodology

3.1    sources of data collection

3.3        Population of the study

3.4        Sampling and sampling distribution

3.5        Validation of research instrument

3.6        Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

4.1 Introductions

4.2 Data analysis

CHAPTER FIVE

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Summary

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 Recommendation

Appendix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

• Background of the study

Due Process policy and principles have been with history and civilization. Its principles have been in application that cut across all field of human endeavor i.e Law, Medicine, Management, Pharmacy, Accounting and the rest, and issues relating to it is not only peculiar to Nigeria (Christodolou, 2010). Similarly, in recent reform exercise world over, Due process has been modified to be applied in governance in order to check excesses and to ensure openness in the facilitation of government activities. Due process involves the observance of procedures; its implementation requires the contributions of all and sundry including Local government administrators. It should be noted that the reform processes as enshrined in the new public sector, financial management reform advocate, among others, for monitoring service delivery functions and providing reviews of the efficiency and effectiveness (value for money) of public services and program evaluation. It is also concerned devolvement / decentralisation or delegation of budgets. The reforms have tended to link budgets with the reporting of result in financial and non-financial terms. This development makes Hood cited in Sa’id (2009) to suggest that to enhance accountability in public governance, let there be no (lessen) differences between the public and private sectors and emphasis be shifted from process accountability to accountability in terms of results. In this vein, Due process is a device that facilitates achievement of optimum results and ensures best use of scarce resources and is considered as a mechanism for ensuring compliance with laid down rules and procedures that guide action, work or task. It is also a means of creating cost effectiveness The basic fundamental raison d’etre, for the existence of any government, in developed or developing world, is the pursuit of the happiness of the citizens. It is by so doing that the government adds value to the quality of life of its citizens in all strata of the society. Governments all over the world are known as the greatest provider of services or public goods to the civil society. However, this depends not only on the resources endowment of such country but on the efficient and effective utilization of such resources at its disposal to ensure that resources are deployed in the overall interest of the people. The imperative of prudence, transparency and accountability in government spending, particularly in the procurement of goods and services for development projects cannot be over-emphasized. The country’s optimism for rapid and superlative socioeconomic growth and development were predicated on its substantial natural resources endowment, such as major oil and gas deposit, a variety of solid minerals, a well-developed industrial base, an extensive banking system, a large labour force, a vibrant private sector, favorable growth indices, and a competent civil service. Nigeria being the most populous country in the African continent and the eleventh in the world must have had resources which would have translated into a profitable market that would make it the envy of the international community. In the light of this revelation, Nigeria has all it takes to become the strongest economy in Africa, and one of the leading economics in the world. In spite of all these blessings, the poor performance of the Nigerian economy in many sectors of economy is very evident. The real sectors of manufacturing and agriculture are performing rather poorly. The country imports a lot of the agricultural produce that the citizens consume. The capacity utilization of industries is around 50% of installed capacity. The country’s per Capita Gross National Product which was as high as $1,218.4 in 1980, declared continuously to its lowest level of $240.0 in 1992; standing at around $250 in 1995 and at $270 in 1997. The figure is still below $300.0 as at today (Obadan and Ayodele, 1999). They also observed that the poverty levels in Nigeria in spite of poverty alleviation programmes by successive governments remain high as population continues to increase. In the light of the above, Nigeria can best be described as a country of a paradox of being rich while the citizens are poor and deprived. The World Bank (1996) reported the state of Nigeria’s dilemma, “That Nigeria’s poor economic performance overtime is largely attributable to lack of transparency and accountability as well as widespread corruption”. The State and its public bureaucracy are largely to blame for the phenomenon. Olowu (1993) corroborated this assertion that the two institutions have turned out to be not only highly centralized and unaccountable, but they have become opaque, corrupt, self-serving and insensitive to the economic misfortunes of their respective countries in Africa. This inclement situation is also confirmed by Geilerova (2001) when he opined that the main constraint to development in African countries is not lack of resources but unwillingness of their leaders to govern well. This development has thus justified the hypothesis that abundance of resources of all types is not a sufficient condition for all round development of any country (Obadan, 2003). Since independence of Nigeria in 1960, the country has been experiencing a high degree of mismanagement of resources particularly in the area of public procurement. There have been existing open abuses to rules and standards in the award and execution of public contracts in Nigeria. These were evident in over-invoicing, inflation of contract costs, and proliferation of white-elephant projects and diversion of public funds through all kinds of manipulation of contract system. The regulatory bodies that were set up to ensure compliance with laid down rules and regulations on procurement and award of contracts in the public sector appeared ineffective. This resulted in a high level of corruption and enormous wastage of public resources, lack of transparency, accountability, fairness and openness. The situation made foreign and even local investors to lose confidence in the Nigerian economy. It must be noted that the prevailing high level of corruption was closely linked up with the public sector procurement systems, and considering that about ten percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) must pass through the procurement systems. It then became imperative that the public procurement systems must be reformed if Nigeria must achieve economic growth and developmental strides in this new millennium.

 

• STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

According to the World Bank’s Country Procurement Assessment Report (CPAR) of 1999, out of every 1.00 naira spent by the Nigerian Government, 60 kobo was lost to underhand practices. This practice is applicable to all tiers of government in the country. The report further revealed that an average of ten billion US dollars was lost annually due to irregular practices in the award and execution of public contracts through inflation of contract costs, lack of procurement plans, poor budgeting processes, poor project prioritization, lack of competition and other kinds of manipulations of the procurement and contract award processes. The World Bank’s Country Report on the Financial Management Systems that was produced together with CPAR of 1999 affirmed Mr. President’s statement that “All the elements that enhance efficiency, reliability and continuity of the system have been tampered with resulting in major and severe setbacks for the conduct of Government business” as contained in the preface to the Financial Regulations of January 2000. Due process involves the observance of procedures; its implementation requires the contributions of all and sundry including l government administrators in government business enterprises and parastatals.

• OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The main objective of the study is to ascertain the public relation strategies in the sanitization of public institution on due process in Rivers state, but to aid the completion of the study, the researcher intends to achieve the following specific objective;

1. To ascertain the effectiveness of public relation strategies in enforcing due process in government procurement process in Rivers state Bureau of public procurement
2. To examine the relationship between public relation strategy and due process in government business enterprise in Rivers state

• To ascertain the role of government in implementation of due process in Rivers state bureau of public procurement

1. To ascertain the effectiveness of due process in procurement process by government of Rivers state
   • RESEARCH QUESTIONS

The following research questions were formulated by the researcher to aid the completion of the study;

1. How effective is public relation strategies in enforcing due process in Rivers state Bureau of public procurement?
2. Is there any relationship between public relation strategy and due process in government enterprises in Rivers state?
3. Does the government have any role to play in implementation of due process in Rivers state bureau of public procurement?
4. How effective is due process in procurement process by government of Rivers state?
   • SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

It is believed that at the completion of the study, the findings will be of great importance to management of government business enterprise in Rivers state as the study will aid the management in implementing due process procedures in the organizations, the study will also be of importance to the River state bureau of public procurement in ensuring the implementation of due process so as to curb fund mismanagement in government agencies. The study will also be of importance to researchers who intend to embark on a study in a similar topic as the study will serve as a reference point to further study, finally, the study will be of great benefit to academia’s researchers, students, teachers and the general public as the study will add to the pool of existing literature and also contribute to knowledge.

• SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The scope of the study covers public relations strategies in the sensitization of public institutions on due process in Nigeria with emphasis on bureau of public procurement. But in the cause of the study, there are some factors that limited the scope of the study;

1. a) AVAILABILITY OF RESEARCH MATERIAL: The research material available to the researcher is insufficient, thereby limiting the study.
2. b) TIME: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities        and examinations with the study.
3. c) FINANCE: The finance available for the research work does not allow for wider coverage as resources are very limited as the        researcher has other academic bills to cover.

1.7 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS

Public relation

Public relations are the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization and the public. Public relations may include an organization or individual gaining exposure to their audiences using topics of public interest and news items that do not require direct payment.

Sensitization

Sensitization is a non-associative learning process in which repeated administration of a stimulus results in the progressive amplification of a response.

Public procurement

Public procurement refers to the purchase by governments and state-owned enterprises of goods, services and works.

Due process

Due process is the legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual person from it

1.8 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

This research work is organized in five chapters, for easy understanding, as follows. Chapter one is concern with the introduction, which consist of the (background of the study), statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, research hypotheses, significance of the study, scope of the study etc. Chapter two being the review of the related literature presents the theoretical framework, conceptual framework and other areas concerning the subject matter.     Chapter three is a research methodology covers deals on the research design and methods adopted in the study. Chapter four concentrate on the data collection and analysis and presentation of finding.  Chapter five gives summary, conclusion, and recommendations made of the study.

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