{"id":3062,"date":"2011-04-13T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2011\/04\/13\/procurement-debacle-led-to-violence-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T03:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T07:15:33","slug":"procurement-debacle-led-to-violence-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-debacle-led-to-violence-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement Debacle Led to Violence in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Nigeria where, according to BBC News, elections have historically been \u201cmarred by widespread fraud and intimidation,\u201d citizens were looking forward to voting for their future elected leaders on April 2. Those elections were postponed at the last minute and such postponement elicited a very angry response from Nigerian voters.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Why were the elections postponed?<\/p>\n<p>A procurement blunder of biblical proportions \u2013 the voting materials didn\u2019t arrive from vendors in time for the elections! In announcing the postponement, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Attahiru Jega declared \u201cIt is an emergency\u201d according to another BBC article. (<a href=\"https:\/\/hitechgazette.com\/tramadol-overnight\/\">hitechgazette<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>This procurement failure has caused many Nigerian citizens to lose faith in their entire democratic system, as they are reportedly finding \u201cit hard to believe any assurances [Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Attahiru Jega] gives, after he expressed confidence last week that all would be well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worse yet, this debacle led to violence. According to Indepth Nigeria, the botched elections \u201cclaimed three lives and several people were also wounded on Ekeremo Creek in Bayelsa State\u2026The incident occurred when some youths exchanged gun fires with men of the Joint Task Force.\u201d Additionally, an official presiding over elections at a polling booth \u201cwas nearly lynched by the irate crowd [and] regretted that the police officers posted to the polling unit were not armed,\u201d according to New Nigerian Politics. \u201cThe security operatives, who tried to rescue him from the angry crowd, were, however, overpowered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All because of poor procurement performance.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, officials are blaming vendors and seeking revenge. According to New Nigerian Politics, INEC \u201chas commenced moves to penalize some of its vendors whose failure to supply electoral materials resulted in the postponement of elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBC reports that many Nigerians are \u201cwondering how such a fiasco could have occurred and how the contract for printing the ballot papers and result sheets was awarded, and to whom.\u201d However, INEC is being protective of the identity of those vendors. Jega\u2019s Chief Press Secretary said that INEC \u201cwas adhering to the terms of the contractual agreements between it and the vendors which stipulates that INEC should not engage in a media trial before meting out the appropriate penalty to the vendor involved\u201d and that disclosing the name of the vendors to the public \u201cwill not help the process of penalising anyone who has breached the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who works in procurement makes mistakes. I\u2019m just hoping that no mistake you ever make turns into a disaster like the 2011 Nigerian elections!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Hat-tip to Hassan Mohammed for introducing me to these developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/why-your-suppliers-dont-want-you-to-think-it-over\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhy Your Suppliers Don\u2019t Want You To Think It Over\u201d (Edit)\">Why Your Suppliers Don\u2019t Want You To Think It Over<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-purchasings-role-in-sop\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Purchasing\u2019s Role In S&amp;OP\u201d (Edit)\">Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Purchasing\u2019s Role In S&amp;OP<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/your-supplier-insurance-clause-what-do-you-do-when-a-supplier-negotiates-it\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cYour Supplier Insurance Clause:  What Do You Do When A Supplier Negotiates It?\u201d (Edit)\">Your Supplier Insurance Clause: What Do You Do When A Supplier Negotiates It?<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/how-to-stop-suppliers-from-taking-liberties-with-your-terms-conditions\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cHow To Stop Suppliers From Taking Liberties With Your Terms &amp; Conditions\u201d (Edit)\">How To Stop Suppliers From Taking Liberties With Your Terms &amp; Conditions<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/leadership-is-and-isnt-a-lot-of-things\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cLeadership is (And Isn\u2019t) a Lot of Things\u201d (Edit)\">Leadership is (And Isn\u2019t) a Lot of Things<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Nigeria where, according to BBC News, elections have historically [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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