Section 20: Accounting Officer.

(1) The accounting officer of a procuring entity shall be the person charged with line supervision of the conduct of all procurement processes; in the case of ministries the Permanent Secretary and in the case of extra-ministerial departments and corporations the Director-General or officer of co-ordinate responsibility.
(2) The accounting officer of every procuring entity shall have overall responsibility for the planning of, organization of tenders, evaluation of tenders and execution of all procurements and in particular shall be responsible for:
(a) ensuring compliance with the provisions of this Act by his entity and liable in person for the breach or contravention of this Act or any regulation made hereunder whether or not the act or omission was carried out by him personally or any of his subordinates and it shall not be material that he had delegated any function duty or power to any person or group of persons;
(b) constituting the Procurement Committee and its decisions;
(c) ensuring that adequate appropriation is provided specifically for the procurement in the Federal budget;
(d) integrating his entity's procurement expenditure into its yearly budget;
(e) ensuring that no reduction of values or splitting of procurements is carried out such as to evade the use of the appropriate procurement method;
(f) constituting the Evaluation Committee;
(g) liaising with the Bureau to ensure the implementation of its regulations.