Appraising the entrenchment of sustainability into government procurement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the public sector in South West Nigeria, Victor Adebayo
Victor Adebayo
University of Westminster
United Kingdom
Purpose: Sustainable public procurement (SPP) enables the entrenchment of sustainable development (SD) goals in countries. In the last few years, several studies have examined the implanting of sustainability into public procurement; however, empirical studies on the incorporation of SPP in developing countries have been largely neglected. Methodology: In an attempt to fi ll this research gap, the paper utilises a survey to examine the embedding of sustainability into public procurement in Nigeria. Results were achieved through questionnaires sent to 103 respondents working in the Nigerian public sector.
Findings: The fi ndings of this study show that the main bottlenecks in implementing SPP in public sector organisations are the lack of top management support and the lack of expertise.
Originality: This paper contributes to the concepts of SPP and developing countries literature by integrating these areas into one study. At policy level, it gives more insight into the main bottlenecks in the embedding of sustainability into public procurement.
Keywords: Nigeria; sustainability; supplier relation management; procurement policy and processes; public sector; developing countries.
Citation: Adebayo, V. (2016): Appraising the entrenchment of sustainability into government procurement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from the public sector in South West Nigeria. In Ahmed, A. (Ed.): Europe at a Crossroads and the Impact of Globalization, Vol. 14, pp. 127-139.
