A non-governmentalOrganisation, NGO, the Public and Private Development Centre, PPDC has calledon the Federal Government to ensure full implementation of Open ContractingData Standards so that procurement records and information would be proactivelydisclosed by public institutions. The Centre’s ChiefOperating Officer Gift Maxwell at a news conference in Abuja said theimplementation should be in line with the Open Contracting Data Standards andthe Freedom of Information, FOI Act 2011. Maxwell said that theorganisation, with its partner, Media Rights Agenda, MRA had been workingtirelessly to realise the goal of institutionalising open contracting inNigeria. According to her,although the organisation had constantly engaged the Bureau of PublicProcurement, BPP and other stakeholders to discuss the status of Nigeria OpenContracting Portal, NOCOPO many public institutions still fail to upload theirprocurement data on the platform.