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<p>President of the Africa Development Studies Centre, ADSC, Sir Victor Walsh Oluwafemi warmly congratulates the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement, Dr Adebowale Adedokun, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi SAN, and the Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the landmark arbitration victory against European Dynamics UK Ltd.</p><div class="O7brNngr" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Sir Victor Walsh Oluwafemi, an International Development Expert, Reputation Architecture Strategist stating that:</p>
<p>&#8220;This decisive outcome is not merely a legal win. It is a governance statement.</p>
<p>&#8220;At a time when international contractors often assume that African institutions will capitulate under technical pressure, Nigeria has demonstrated maturity, institutional discipline and contractual courage.</p><div class="MuiccEIB" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>&#8220;The dismissal of claims totalling over 6.2 million dollars signals a structural shift in how the country manages public-sector technology contracts.</p>
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<p>&#8220;This is a defining moment in Nigeria’s procurement evolution, Oluwafemi asserted.</p>
<p>He explained that: &#8220;For years, procurement in many developing economies has been vulnerable to inflated milestone claims, loosely defined deliverables and weak enforcement of performance validation mechanisms.</p>
<p>&#8220;The tribunal’s affirmation of the centrality of User Acceptance Testing reinforces a fundamental principle: value must be delivered before value is paid for.</p>
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<p>&#8220;That principle must now become doctrine. The Bureau of Public Procurement has sent a powerful message to the global contracting community that Nigeria will no longer accept distorted contractual interpretations, premature payment claims or technical shortcuts disguised as compliance. Payment must follow performance.</p>
<p>&#8220;Performance must be verifiable. Verification must be independent and rigorous.This is how institutions are built.</p>
<p>&#8220;The courage shown by Dr Adedokun in resisting premature settlement discussions reflects leadership rooted in fiduciary responsibility rather than convenience.</p>
<p>&#8220;The strategic coordination between the Bureau, the Attorney General’s office and Nigerian legal experts further demonstrates that domestic professional capacity can compete and prevail on the international stage.</p>
<p>&#8220;This victory should now catalyse a broader reform journey. Nigeria must seize this moment to institutionalise a new procurement architecture anchored on:</p>
<p>• Mandatory performance validated digital milestones</p>
<p>• Strengthened e-procurement oversight frameworks</p>
<p>• Independent technical audit layers embedded into contract execution</p>
<p>• Clear modular phase governance structures</p>
<p>• Structured risk allocation in technology contracting</p>
<p>&#8220;Through frameworks such as Policy as a Platform and Results as a Service, Nigeria can move beyond reactive dispute resolution into proactive procurement intelligence. The future of public procurement must be data-driven, performance-coded, and legally fortified.</p>
<p>&#8220;This arbitration win should mark the beginning of a national procurement renaissance.</p>
<p>&#8220;Let the journey of procurement reform begin in earnest. Let Nigeria’s e-procurement ecosystem evolve into a benchmark for transparency, accountability, and technical excellence across Africa. Let every contractor understand that Nigeria welcomes partnership but insists on performance.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, Nigeria did not simply win a case. Nigeria strengthened its institutions. Nigeria protected public resources. Nigeria restored confidence in the architecture of public accountability.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Africa Development Studies Centre stands ready to support the Bureau of Public Procurement and relevant federal institutions in embedding these lessons into sustainable reform frameworks that will redefine public sector contracting for the digital age.</p>
<p>&#8220;The message is clear. Nigeria is no longer business as usual. The procurement reform era has begun,&#8221; Oluwafemi added.</p>
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