Challenges to the Public Procurement Act implementation within the Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper East Region of Ghana
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SEPTEMBER, 2014
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Abstract
The Public Procurement Act was passed to regulate public procurement in Ghana; it is
however faced with several challenges. The aim of the study is to identify the challenges
and its effects of implementing the public procurement Act within the Municipal and
District Assemblies in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Utilizing convenience and
purposive sampling techniques, cast in the quantitative approach, a survey questionnaire
was designed to gather data from respondents within the municipal and district assemblies
in the region. The response data was analyzed using Relative Importance Index and
descriptive statistics. The result revealed that market environment; Lack of qualified
procurement personnel; Lack of training avenues for procurement practitioners; Inefficient
and ineffective procurement policies, structures and procedures were the critical challenges
to the implementation of the public procurement Act within the municipal and district
assemblies in the region. The most significant effects of the identified challenges were also
found to be deficit on government budget, public sector wastage and time overruns of
government projects. The research findings will be useful to stakeholders and policy makers
who are exploring strategic approaches to improve their procurement practices. Further
research is recommended to consider measures to improve the effectiveness of public
procurement in project delivery in Ghana.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Building Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Masters of Science
in
Procurement Management.
Keywords
Procurement, Municipal Assemblies, District Assemblies, Ghana, Challenges