The Federal Government of Nigeria is developing a National Policy on Affirmative Procurement to expand access to public contracts for women-owned and women-led businesses. The initiative, being developed by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), seeks to use public spending as a tool for enterprise development, job creation and economic inclusion. BPP Director-General, Dr Adebowale Adedokun, disclosed this at the opening of the 2026 International Conference of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) in Abuja yesterday. He said the proposed framework would introduce deliberate mechanisms to bring historically underrepresented...