Abstract
Many governments use public Private Partnerships (PPP) for infrastructural development as they provide several solutions to inadequacies observed in traditional procurement methods. The private sector often guarantees innovation, efficiency, and, most importantly, huge finances. Many countries globally have adopted PPP for this reason. The complex nature of a PPP procurement process means a lot of thought, action, and understanding is needed for successful execution.This research aims to enhance the public procurement process for infrastructure delivery in Nigeria's Power sector. The objectives include investigating if PPP Procurement is subject to the public procurement act in Nigeria, evaluating the main drivers that influenced the adoption of PPP in the power sector, evaluate the relevance/importance of competition within the PPP procurement process in the power sector of Nigeria, investigate issues in the PPP procurement process in the power sector of Nigeria, and developing and validating a framework for the procurement process in the power sector of Nigeria.
This thesis examines PPP globally, PPP in Nigeria, procurement, and then narrows it down to procurement in Nigeria's power sector. It focuses on analysing the less known PPP procurement process in Nigeria's power sector, the lapses observed and suggests a framework for correction. The method used for investigation in this research is a qualitative analysis of the research interview responses coupled with a review of literature. To achieve this, a pilot study is conducted to determine the most pressing issues in procurement in the power sector. The questions form the basis of the interviews conducted with key stakeholders in Nigeria's power sector. The response to these questions is backed up by a literature review of PPP, procurement, and document analysis of the act governing procurement in Nigeria's power sector. Content analysis is used to examine the interview transcripts and documents, and NVivo was used to manage the coding process.
Key findings in this research include the fact that PPP Procurement in Nigeria is still subject to at least two promulgated acts as against a singular well-defined act, undue government interference in already agreed upon procurement (which discourages private sector participation), bureaucracy (the procurement act needs amending as it was promulgated in 2007), the need for proper training of the procurement staff amongst others. The findings of this research are used to propose an amended framework which proposes solutions for these lapses observed in Procurement in the Power sector in Nigeria. The Researcher concludes that the framework would attract more private sector participation in the power sector of Nigeria.
| Date of Award | 2021 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Supervisor | John Lowe (Supervisor) & D. Manase (Supervisor) |