The General Manager of the Kwara State Public Procurement Agency, (PPA), QS Raheem Abdulbaki has called on professionals to rise to their responsibilities and act as watchdogs over government contracts, to ensure that each project reflects the highest standards of professionalism.
QS Abdulbaki, made this known during a stakeholders’ meeting with professional ministries held in Ilorin on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
This was contained in a statement signed by the press secretary of the KWPPA, Abdulkadir Muinat, and made available to the journalists innthe State.
“Professionals need to wake up to their duties by ensuring that they monitor all government contracts towards ensuring that they are professionally done,” he said. “We cannot continue to condone the ineptitude which the State has suffered due to lapses in the project execution chain. Every project must have experienced professionals supervising the components that involve them, so that excellence becomes the order of the day.”
He also tasked all professional ministries to guarantee that projects with professional components receive adequate expert input before proceeding.
In his response, Ministry of Energy Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olaitan Afolabi, commended the PPA for the initiative, highlighting the agency’s past successes in ensuring professional oversight in state projects.
Mr Afolabi therefore advocated for a comprehensive revamp of project monitoring systems to yield more effective and results-driven outcomes.
Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Mallam Salau Kabiru Abdullahi, pledged the Ministry’s full support for inter-agency collaboration, stressing its importance in the current context.
His counterpart from the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Rebecca Bake, described the call for synergy as “long overdue.”
She urged all relevant stakeholders to work closely with the PPA to actualize the vision for sustainable development across the State.
The Ministry of Water Resources, represented by the Permanent Secretary Mrs. Omolola Christiana Asonibare, echoed similar sentiments. She noted that the Ministry boasts of a wide array of professionals and assured the PPA of their readiness to support the State’s developmental goals.
Other speakers at the meeting lauded Abdulbaki’s consistent professionalism, which they said has been a hallmark of his leadership since his tenure as Director Building Services of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, and now as the Head of the Procurement Agency.
The meeting drew representatives from various ministries, including Water Resources, Housing and Urban Development, Education and Human Capital Development, as well as the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Procurement Agency.
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