BPP develops policy to boost women engineering firms in public procurement

Reported by Punch Nigeria · yesterday 21:45 · Punch Newspapers

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The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria and the Bureau of Public Procurement have moved to deepen the participation of women-owned engineering businesses in public projects, with the BPP disclosing that a new affirmative procurement policy is being developed to create more…

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