NEED FOR EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL PROCUREMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTIONÂ
Local government is the sphere of government closet to the people. Many basic services are delivered by local municipalities and local ward councilors are the politicians closet to communities. Organizations that play an activist and/or development role should understand how local government works in terms of procurement and how to effect it.
Despite the fact that purchasing is a young profession on the field of management, the winds of change are being blown in purchasing and supply according to Baily (1987).
However, purchasing and supply is an important function in almost every organization, right from the private household to the federal, state and local government as well as industry as the number of companies/industries being to increase the purchase of new materials are directed to the departments that specialize in it as well as the departments that make use of it.
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Owerri North is a local government area of Imo State, Nigeria. It was created by the administration of general Sanni Abacha in 1998. this was the outcome of the request made by late Eze (Dr) Onu Egwunwoke for the creation of uratta L.G.A with its headquarters at Ori-Uratta. It has an area of 198km2 and a population of 175,395 at the 2005 census. The postal code of the area is 460. However, since the request for the creation of another local government by Emekuku/Emii and Alaenyi blocs did not come to fruition, they were fused into the said proposed Uratta L.G.A which culminated into changing the name to Owerri North L.G.A to accommodate the new configuration. The inclusion oxf Obube, Agbala, Ulakwo and Obibiezena bloc wasa later considered as they were not accepted by Ngor okpala L.G.A. There are nineteen (19) autonomous communities in Owerri North L.G.A with their traditional rulers.
Agbala autonomous community – HRH Eze L.O Onyeneke,
Olele II of Agbala.
Akwakuma autonomous community –
Amakohia autonomous community
Awaka autonomous community – HRH Eze Dr. D.A
Osuagwu, Ezekoche II of Awaka
Azaraubo autonomous community – HRH Eze Anthony C.
Egbujor, Atuogu, Ezeudo 1 of Azaraubo (late)
Egbu autonomous community – HRH Eze Felix N.O Egbukole
Ochoromma iv of Egbu.
Emekuku autonomous community – HRH Eze P. Ugochukwu
Obi III, Ezeukwu of Emekuku
Emii autonomous community – HRH Eze Sunday Okoro,
omenyi II of Emii
Ezimba autonomous community –
Ihiteocha autonomous community
Ihitta ogada autonomous community
Mbaoma autonomous community
Naze autonomous community
Obibiezena autonomous community
Obibi autonomous community
Obubu autonomous community
Orji autonomous community
Ulakwo autonomous community
Umualaiku autonomous community
Owerri North Local Government area is made up of four (4) blocs namely Uratta bloc
Emekuku/Emii bloc
Alaenyi bloc (Egbu, Naze, Awaka, Ihita ogada)
A.O.O bloc (Agbala, Obibiezena, Ulakwo, Obube)
