Sub-committee formed to move procurement commission forward

Gail Teixeira

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday agreed to set up a sub-committee which will examine and make recommendations on the criteria for nominees to the PPC as well as the processes that prelude the setting up of the body as PAC members seek to gain some ground.

According to Government Whip and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Gail Teixeira, the PAC recognised that though some political and legal dimensions relating to the setting up of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) are yet to be worked out, there exists room to move forward with regard to the determination of the criteria of nominees to the commission,