Government Procurement Act 2026 · Updated to 26 May 2026 · Part XI · Administrative Action and Prosecution
Section 87
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Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance;
any offence under this Act as an offence which may be compounded; and
the method and procedure for compounding such offence.
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Government procurement
“Government procurement” means any procurement for the supply of goods or services or for works funded by the allocation of funds by the Federal Government or any State Government, as the case may be, whether fully or partially, or through the use of any assets owned by the Federal Government or any State Government, as the case may be;
The Secretary General to the Treasury may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, at any time before a prosecution is being instituted, compound any offence prescribed as an offence which may be compounded by making a written offer to the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Treasury of a sum of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine to which the person would have been liable to if he had been convicted of the offence, within such time as may be specified in the written offer.
Treasury
“Treasury” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for finance and includes any public officer under the administrative control or direction of that Minister to whom that Minister has delegated or who, in accordance with section 6 or 7 of the Delegation of Powers Act 1956, is authorized to exercise the functions under this Act;
An offer under subsection (2) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for it has been instituted, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or such extended time as the Secretary General to the Treasury may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.
Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (2), no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made, and any record, book, account, document, computerized data or other thing or any matter or thing that is the subject matter of Government procurement being investigated seized in connection with the offence may be forfeited or released by the
Secretary General to the Treasury, subject to such terms as the
Secretary General to the Treasury thinks fit.