Out of this, 30 per cent of the contracts or projects shall be awarded to Persons With Disability (PWDs), women and those in youth employment.

“It is a policy the government under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is committed to implement.

And very soon, my office [Ministry of Public Procurement] will come out with how it is going to be done,” she noted.

Visit

Ms Safo revealed that last Thursday when she paid a working visit to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and interacted with its Chief Executive, Mr Kwasi Agyeman Busia, and some top management officials on the need to re-align their operations to fit into the government’s public procurement policy.

Her visit forms part of scheduled activities to public or state-owned institutions or companies that were heavily involved in procurement activities.

Commenting further, Ms Safo, said in order for the PWDs and women to strongly make a case in bidding for government contracts or projects, her ministry would organise a training workshop where their capacities and technical know-how would be improved.

Harmonisation

She also told the DVLA management staff about efforts her ministry was putting in place to get the two existing laws (Public Procurement Act, (Act 663) and Public Procurement (Amended) Act (Act 914) governing public procurement in the country harmonised for easy reading and referencing since players in the public procurement chain would have to use the two documents at all times in order not to find themselves on the wrong side of the law.