Public-Private Partnership and Infrastructural Development in Abia State, Nigeria, 2007-2014

ABSTRACT 

Following the enactment of the Infrastructural Concessions Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Act in Nigeria, Abia state government keyed into the framework of the PPP in 2007. This was in a bid to bridge the infrastructural gap in the state and to actualize the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially as it affects the development of a global partnership for poverty reduction through provision of basic infrastructures and industries. Despite policy efforts made towards this direction, decadence in the state’s health system, education, road network, electric power generation and distribution, housing, industries, among others, has been on increase. In view of this, this study was aimed at investigating Public Private Partnership and infrastructural development in Abia state from 2007 to 2014. To this end, the study proceeded from two major objectives thus: (1) To ascertain whether non compliance to the legal framework by the Abia State Government adversely affect Public Private Partnership and infrastructural development in the state between 2007 and 2014; and (2) To determine whether internal security threats undermine Public Private Partnership and infrastructural development in Abia state between 2007 and 2014. Our method of data collection and analysis were based on qualitative descriptive method and David Easton’s Systems theory. The study discovered that though the Abia state government has since 2007 made policy efforts aimed at leveraging from PPP framework in infrastructural development in the state, the state government’s non compliance to the legal framework combined with internal security threats have adversely affected, as well as, undermined Public Private Partnership and infrastructural development in Abia state within the period under study. Against these findings, the study recommended, among others, that in its effort to leverage from the PPP framework in the development of infrastructures in the state, Abia state government should endeavor to always comply with the legal framework of PPP, especially as it affects commitment to contribution of counterpart funds and risk sharing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page - - - - - - - - - - i

Approval Page - - - - - - - - - ii

Dedication - - - - - - - - - - iii

Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - - iv

Table of Contents - - - - - - - - - v

List of Tables and Figures - - - - - - - - vii

Abstract - - - - - - - - - - viii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study - - - - - - - 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - - - 5

1.3 Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - - 8

1.4 Significance of the Study - - - - - - - 8

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Literature Review - - - - - - - - - 10

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY

3.1 Theoretical Framework - - - - - - - - 33

3.2 Hypotheses - - - - - - - - - 38

3.3 Research Design - - - - - - - - - 38

3.4 Methods of Data Collection - - - - - - - 40

3.5 Methods of Data Analysis- - - - - - - - 41

3.6 Logical Data Framework - - - - - - - - 42

CHAPTER FOUR: NON COMPLIANCE TO THE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ABIA STATE

4.1 Overview of the Institutional Framework for Public Private Partnership in Nigeria - 45

4.2 Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks - - - - - - 49

4.2.1 Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission Act 2005 - - - 50

4.2.2 Public Procurement Act 2007 - - - - - - - 52

4.3 Release of PPP Counterpart Funds by the Abia State Government and Development of Infrastructures in the State - - - - - 54

4.4 Distribution of Buses as an Alternative Means of Infrastructural Development in Abia State - - - - - - - - - - 59

CHAPTER FIVE: INTERNAL SECURITY THREATS AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARNERSHIP FRAMEWORK IN ABIA STATE

5.1 Poor Governance Regime and Awareness on PPP Framework in Abia State - 63

5.2 Increased Rate of Crimes and PPP Environment in Abia State - - - 66

CHAPTER SIX: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1 Summary - - - - - - - - - - 73

6.2 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - 75

6.3 Recommendations- - - - - - - - - 76

BIBLIOGRAPHY - - - - - - - - - 77