Njoku, Hyacinth TochukwuAbdullahi, MohammedAhmed, Abubakar Audi2023-12-112023-12-112021-03-01Adebiyi, A. A., Ayo, C. K. and Adebiyi M O. (2010). Development of Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System for Nigeria Public Sector. International Journal of Electrical and Computer Sciences 10(6); 68 – 77 Adewole, A. (2014). Governance Reform and the Challenge of Implementing Public Procurement Law Regime across Nigerian State and Local Governments. International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research 2(4); 25 – 32 Akinseye, R. A. (2016). An Assessment of the Implementation of Public Procurement Policy in Nigeria. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Administration, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Public Administration, of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Ameyaw, C., Mensah, S. and Osei-Tutu, E. (2012). Public Procurement in Ghana: The Implementation Challenges to the Public Procurement Law 2000 (Act 663). International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management, 2(2), 55 – 65. Arrowsmith S, Treumer S, Fejo J, and Jiang L (2011). Public Procurement Regulation: An Introduction University of Nottingham, EUROPEAID Co-operation Office. Arrowsmith, S. and Trybus, M. (2003) Public Procurement: the Continuing Revolution. The Hague,New York: Kluwer Law International. Baily, P., David F., Barry, C., Jossop, D. and Jones, D. (2008). Procurement Principles and Management. (9th Ed.). Person Education Limited, England. Bodunrin, A. K. (2016). Empirical Review and Analysis of Public Procurement Practices in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. Public Policy and Administration Research 6(3); 128 – 135https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/2572This study seeks to analysis the challenges confronting compliance to advertisement of bid process as stipulated in the Public Procurement Act, 2007 by the Federal Ministry of Education. An analysis of the collected data revealed that lack of appropriated fund for advert placement; pervasive ‘culture of secrecy’ in the civil service; resistance to change by procurement personnel; interference by elected or appointed political office holders (Who are not Authorized Officials); delays in passing the budget and the need to quickly dispense the projects; delays in securing ‘No objection’ from the BPP; corruption; lack of dedicated staff that handle website administration; and non-provision or approval of website maintenance cost were the significant factors that possess challenge to Federal Ministry of Education compliance with the Public Procurement Act, 2007 guidelines on advertisement of bids process. It recommended that the Federal Civil Service Commission and the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation should look into recruiting website design and administrative specialist and other computer and web-allied personnel like database management, and graphic design specialist for the Ministry, among others.enAdvertisement, Solicitation of Bids, Public Procurement Act.Article