The Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Program is an $80 Million capacity building project targeted at sustainably enhancing capacity in managing procurement, environment and social (E&S) standards in the public and private sectors in Nigeria.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the World Bank have embarked on a joined project to facilitate the establishment of Centres of Excellence in Procurement and related areas in the Nigerian University System (NUS).
The project is tagged “Sustainable Procurement Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE).”
The SPESSCE project launches a Call for Proposals to partner with eligible Federal Universities in Nigeria. Eligible higher education institutions (Federal Universities) from Nigeria are encouraged to submit proposals that address training,
The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheeed, has stated that the essence of government’s efforts at empowering procurement officers was to strengthen their understanding of procurement, environmental and social standards and their usefulness as policy tools in resource utilisation.
A delegation from the IIOE, China, an affiliate Institute linked with the UNESCO, paid a courtesy visit on the Ag. ES NUC, Mr. Chris J. Maiyaki in his office.