Favoritism

• A job architecture framework is a crucial component of an effective HR strategy and plays an impactful role in job titling, lending itself to supporting internal equity and organizational growth.
• Job titles are determined based on the organization's job architecture framework, which is achieved through job leveling, the process of systematically applying job level criteria to individual roles.
• Determine job leveling criteria and distinguish job levels, define the right approach to job titling and external job titles, and apply the job leveling criteria.
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• In Nigeria, funding for these projects comes from the government’s budget and from development partners.
• UNICEF, the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the European Union, and the US Agency for International Development all provide aid.
• It adds that only 68% of the Nigerian population have access to a basic water supply, 19% use safely managed sanitation facilities and 24% practise open defecation.
• The problem is not just a lack of funding or capacity, as has been argued before, but a legal choice.

Procurement in Nigeria

• Nigeria enacted a procurement law in 2007.
• The Public Procurement Act 2007 brought a sense of regulation to the procurement process in the country.
• Before this, there was no law either at the state or federal level guiding public procurement.
• Section 24 (3) of the Public Procurement Act sets out that contracts must be awarded to the bidder with the lowest bid that meets the contract’s terms and conditions.
• Our study focused on how this practice undermined the delivery of sanitation projects in Nigeria.

How Nigeria got here

• For decades, poor sanitation and hygiene facilities in Nigeria were connected to weak project execution, paucity of funds and limited government capacity.
• Corruption, overvaluation of projects and favouritism in contract awards added to the problems.
• Attempts to prevent these challenges provided the basis for public procurement reforms.

Appropriate reform

An appropriate reform of the service delivery sector should enhance participation in procurement processes by civil society organisations, the media, beneficiary communities and relevant professional bodies. Contract sums must also be in line with market realities. Tested and trusted contractors must be engaged to manage procurement of works and services.