Vickie Remoe in conversation with procurement expert Franklin Ibemessie. They discuss public expenditure on the procurement of goods and services. Public expenditure is the money that governments spend on social services infrastructure, education, health, public wages, etc. We know what the government will spend based on what they present on its annual budget most African countries have a national development plan and the expectation is that the government will spend on things that will bring it closer to achieving the milestones in the plan. In countries like Ghana and Sierra Leone, the biggest expenditure is wages or salaries paid to government staff like teachers and the medical core.  Vickie engages Franklin in a conversation about the spending that government does to procure goods and services so we can understand what policymakers need to do to avoid waste, inflated prices, corruption, and to make the process of government procurement of goods and services more open and competitive. To listen to "Aw fo do" by Drizilik: https://spoti.fi/3mIOE5A