Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has introduced a community-based procurement system to improve the monitoring and implementation of constituency projects carried out by federal lawmakers nationwide.

The new system allows the bureau to track the progress of constituency projects through both technological and manual mechanisms. It is also designed to help lawmakers monitor the performance of contractors handling projects within their constituencies.

The Director-General of the BPP, Adebowale Adedokun, disclosed this on Thursday while appearing before the Senate Committee on Procurement to defend the agency's 2026 budget proposal.

Mr Adedokun said President Bola Tinubu recently approved the initiative, a move h...