Abstract: This research considered the effect procurement skills on the application of Public Procurement and Disposal Act (PPDA,2015) and its relevant regulations. 900 members of the tenderevaluation committee formed the study population. The survey adopted purposive samplingto identify a sample of 60 to whom questionnaires were administered.Data collected was analyzed andpresented in percentages, frequency tables. Chi-square test was used to test the Hypothesis. From the findings, the calculated P-value (5.005) is less than the critical P- value (7.815) at significance level (0.05), hence the study cannot accept the null hypothesis. It is concluded that there is a relationship between procurement skills and the application of PPDA. 2015 and its relevant regulations.The study recommends that the procurement officers in public secondary schools need to read, understand and implement the Public Procurement and Disposal Act and that the school management should train their procurement officers to gain procurement skills which will enhance the effective implementation of the procurement laws.

Keywords: Procurement skills, Public Procurement & Disposal Act, Procurement Officers, Transparency, Efficiency, Effectiveness.