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The manual process creates delays and opens the procedures to 22PPA says 76% of public entities do not use e-procurement system - Ghana Business News 9 12 indicating the lack of oversight responsibility of The Head of IT Support of the PPA revealed the PPA and the other layers such as the region- that only 79 out of the 335 institutions (24per- al tender review committees. [...] The current institutional framework of the decentralized procurement entities, the reserves administrative reviews as the function physical absence of the PPA at the MMDA lev- of the board. [...] Public Procurement Reforms: An Analysis of the Drivers of Procurement Irregularities in Ghana 14 2.2 Core Influence Dynamics The current institutional framework of the PPA For example, the sale of PPA contracts to friends demonstrate excessive influence of the execu- and companies of the former PPA Chief Exec- tive arm of government over the overall public utive. [...] The recommendations bordered ous breach of the procurement laws and more mainly on the scope of applicability of Act 914 recently deliberate disregard of the procurement which led to the amendment of section 14(1) laws and regulations by some public officials of the principal Act 914. [...] Public Procurement Reforms: An Analysis of the Drivers of Procurement Irregularities in Ghana 37 DRIVERS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IRREGULARITIES IN GHANA Public Procurement Reforms: An Analysis of the Drivers of Procurement Irregularities in Ghana 38 Key Takeaways • Lack of enforcement of the PPA laws remains the major driver of procurement irregularities in Ghana.