EHP district establishes procurement committee

Okapa district in Eastern Highlands has become the first in the province to establish its district procurement committee.
Committee members were commissioned by the National Procurement Commission (NPC) in a ceremony at the Eastern Highlands headquarters in Goroka on Monday, attended by NPC chief executive officer Simon Bole and board secretary Babaga Naime.
Bole urged the members to be transparent in their duties and to ensure compliance with the National Procurement Act (NPA).
He said: “This applies to other provinces and districts that have yet to establish their procurement committee.
“You are obliged and required to deliver services to the people and without the procurement committees established, you cannot procure and deliver goods and services.
“It will be in breach of the NPA and penalty provision section 78, which is a fine not exceeding K2 million and a prison term not exceeding 15 years or both.”
Okapa development authority chief executive officer Ipai Haui, who is also the chairman of the district’s procurement committee, thanked the NPC for working with them.