Nigeria, July 2 -- The Senate on Wednesday directed its Committees on Public Procurement and Local Content to collaborate with the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) to amend Nigeria's procurement and local content laws.

it said the amendment would enable the newly registered local contractors to be participate in contract bidding.

The upper chamber made the decision after adopting a motion sponsored by Suleiman Sadiq (APC, Kwara North) during the plenary.

The aim of the motion is to ensure that newly registered local contractors and small-scale businesses can access and execute public contracts, especially in construction and other infrastructure projects

Mr Sadiq, while presenting the motion, decried the exclusion of small and mediu...