400 SHARES Share Tweet [mc4wp_form id=33047]The Network for Public Procurement Advocacy and Development (NEFGAD) has on Tuesday, faulted the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) for what it described as a “weak and deceptive” defence of the United States’ 2025 Fiscal Transparency Report, which indicted Nigeria for failing to disclose information on public procurement contracts. Recall that the U.S. Department of State, in its Fiscal Transparency Report released this month, said Nigeria had made progress in making budget documents and debt obligations publicly available but continued to withhold details of procurement contracts. The report, which reviewed 139 countries and the Palestinian Authority, found that 71 governments met minimum fiscal transparency requirements while 69 did not. BPP’s DefenceIn reaction to the US Fiscal Transparency Report, the Director-General of the BPP, Dr. Adebowale Adedokun, dismissed the U.S. findings, describing them as outdated and failing to take recent reforms into account. He said procurement reforms embarked upon under President Bola Tinubu had brought transparency and accountability to the system.