Authors: Edward Frimpong
University of Science & Technology, College of Architecture & Planning,
Department Of Building Technology
Email: frimedward@yahoo.com
INTRODUCTION
The world’s estimate of monetary government activities of procurement officers are known to ranging between 10% – 30% of GNP Callender & Mathews, (2000). Thus, effectively managing the procurement and dealing with the various challenges is a hard fact that has to be faced by all procurement practitioners and governments in the world. Challenges in public procurement have a global toll making Africa and Ghana inclusive.
One global challenge of public procurement is that of balancing the said country’s local procurement regulations and regional or international trade agreements. The inter-global trade unions by many countries make procurement managers face another challenge: The ability to follow suit both the home and the global agreements