The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN) has dragged Mr. Adebowale Adedokun, Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and nine others to Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, over violations and misrepresentation, and subversion of the Institute’s lawful mandate.
Besides. Chief Bayo Awosemusi, retired World Bank (Nigeria) Office, Engr. Emeka Ezeh – Current Chairman, FCT Civil Service Commission, Barrister. Wahab Olatoye, Prof. Kunle Ade Wahab,Surveyor Aderibigbe Adeolu Ayo are also named among those billed to face the anti-corruption agency soon.
Others include;Chief Pascal Egwim, former DG, Imo State Bureau of Public Procurement, Engr. Abu Ibrahim, Mr. Auwal Ibrahim Musa and, Surveyor Aliyu Edoga Aliyu.
In the petition number:CIPSMN/PET/ICPC/2025/,filed on December 18, 2025,the Institute seeks immediate investigation of the activities of the Procurement Professionals Association of Nigeria (PPAN), its Trustees, and members, particularly those in public office.
It also implores the Commission to invite and interrogate all named individuals for their roles in these violations.
According to the petition signed by Prof. M. J. Aliyu,Registrar/Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Management of Nigeria (CIPSMN), the ICPC should direct the Bureau of Public Procurement and its Director General to cease all associations with PPAN, APPON, NPCP, and any other unrecognized bodies.
The ICPC should Recommend prosecution of all offenders under the ICPC Act, CIPSMN Act, and CAMA 2020, as well as ensure public awareness of your findings to prevent further deception of government and citizens, the petition said.
The Institute seeks immediate disbandment of PPAN and related illegal associations.
The Institute said the CIPSMN Act, 2007 explicitly confers on it the exclusive right to regulate the procurement profession in Nigeria.
Quoting sections 1(1)(c), 5(11) and 11(1)(b)of the Act, it said:“providing for the training, education and examination of persons desiring to become PROFESSIONAL PROCURERS according to the provisions of this Act whether in Nigeria or abroad;”
“A holder of the final professional certificate of the Institute shall, after 3 years of graduation, be eligible for a practicing certificate as a ‘Chartered Procurer’ on satisfying the Institute’s requirement by attending two consecutive mandatory professional assessment course, at least once in a year and the certificate is subject to renewal every year, on a fee to be determined by the Council.”
“if he satisfies the Council that he is by law entitled to practise for all purposes as a PROCUREMENT PRACTITIONER in the country in which the qualification was granted”
It punctures PPAN over illegal practice and false representation, saying none of the listed Trustees or members of PPAN are registered with CIPSMN in any capacity.
It adds:”Despite this, PPAN has consistently held itself out as a professional procurement body, used the title “Procurement Professionals,” organized workshops, and issued certificates, thereby violating Sections 11 and 16 of the CIPSMN Act and constituting an offence under Section 2 of the ICPC Act 2000.”
According to the Institute, PPAN was deregistered by the Corporate Affairs Commission through letter COM/NSC/01/2013/VOL.1/109 dated March 11, 2013.
Its continued operation violates Section 30(1)(a) of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, it said.
It laments that Mr. Adebowale Adedokun, the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), has persistently engaged with and endorsed PPAN and other unauthorized bodies such as the Association of Public Procurement Practitioners (APPON) and the Nigerian Procurement Certification Programme (NPCP).
It explains that his act constitutes abuse of office, subversion of due process, and a deliberate attempt to undermine the statutory role of CIPSMN.
The BPP DG’s lawful mandate is limited,the Institute posits, is limited to issuing “Certificates of No Objection” as defined in Section 60 of the Public Procurement Act 2007:
“Certificate of No Objection means the document evidencing and authenticating that due process and the letters of this Act have been followed in the conduct of a procurement proceeding and allowing for the procuring entity to enter into contract or effect payments to contractors or suppliers from the Treasury.”
“He has no legal authority to certify, recognize, or endorse any person or body as procurement professionals.”,the Institute said in the petition.
It frowns at PPAN and APPON’s action for misleading high-ranking public officials, including the Executive Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, into participating in and legitimizing their illegal activities, thereby bringing public institutions into disrepute.
