$26b irrigation project exemption questioned
Opposition Senator Allan Bernard is questioning why a $26-billion irrigation project is exempt from public procurement rules. The government designated the Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project as a national development project to allow this exemption. Bernard raised these concerns in the Senate during a debate last Friday. The Upper House subsequently affirmed the order regarding the project. The debate centered on the Public Procurement (National Development Project) (Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project) Order, 2026.
Opposition Senator Allan Bernard is questioning the Government’s decision to exempt the $26-billion Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project from public procurement rules by designating it a national development project. Bernard raised the concern last Friday in the Senate during the debate on the Public Procurement (National Development Project) (Pedro Plains Irrigation Expansion Project) Order, 2026, which was affirmed by the Upper House.