EVALUATION OF PROCUREMENT PROCESSING AND ITS OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KAND STATE)

ABSTRACT The study is to examine the evaluation of procurement processing and its operational performance in the public sector of Nigeria. For the purpose of collecting relevant and reliable data for this research, both primary and secondary methods of data collection will he used extensively, simple size is 50. The study has investigated the impact of public procurement in the execution of capital projects, the relationship berseen budgetary appropriation and actual funding and the difference between contract sum and amount certified for settlement of contracts awarded It has been discovered that challenges and prospects were identified Large proportion of the respondents state that delay in the payment after contract completion was a major challenge Based on the findings made in the course of this study the following recommendations, and There is the critical need for the University management to shorten bureaucracies in the approval process Timeliness of the procurement certification to avoid price variation. Prompt payment of completed contracts to guard against unnecessary liabilities Speedy passage of annual budget in order to hasten budget implementation