Nigerian SMEs Responses to the Power Sector Reforms 1999 to 2015

This project is interplay of all the stakeholders in power section in Nigeria during the major intervention by way of reform from Government. All the attaining policies and circulars leading to the unbundling of Nigeria Electricity Power Authority (NEPA). This work covered the expected impact on the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). Many questions the project asked and tried to address them. majorly, these expectations from SMEs where the met? The challenges the Generating companies (GENCOS) and the Distribution companies (DISCOS) faced were discussed and analyzed.

Table of Contents Abstract

Chapter 1: Introduction .......................................................................................... 4 1.1 Scope...............................................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Problem.........................................................................................................................................................5 1.3

Research Objective ...................................................................................................................................6

Chapter 2: Literature Review .................................................................................. 7 2.1

Problem Concept and Entrepreneurship Theories .....................................................................8 2.2

Nigerian SMEs Entry and Exit Patterns......................................................................................... 11 2.3

Challenges Facing Nigerian SMEs.................................................................................................... 12 2.4

Analysis of Electricity Industry Development............................................................................ 14 2.5

Government Efforts Towards Stable Electricity & SMEs Sustainability.......................... 15 2.6

Nigerian Entrepreneurship Survival and Performance ......................................................... 16 2.7 Summary.................................................................................................................................................... 17

 Chapter 3: Methodology ........................................................................................ 19 3.1

Research design ...................................................................................................................................... 19 3.2

Pilot study.................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.3 Credibility.................................................................................................................................................. 20 3.4

Efficacy of Study...................................................................................................................................... 21 3.5

Data collection procedure................................................................................................................... 22 3.6

Limitations ................................................................................................................................................ 22 3.7

Data analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 23 3.8

Ethical consideration............................................................................................................................ 23 3.9 Summary.................................................................................................................................................... 24

Chapter 4: Data Collection and Analysis................................................................ 25 4.1

Description of Interview Section ..................................................................................................... 26 4.2 Summary.................................................................................................................................................... 40

Chapter 5 Discussion............................................................................................. 42 5.1

Emergent patterns................................................................................................................................. 43 5.2

Synthesis of findings ............................................................................................................................. 45 5.3

Divergent explanations........................................................................................................................ 50 5.4

Limitations and Applications of study findings ......................................................................... 51

Chapter 6 Conclusion ............................................................................................ 53

Reference .......................................................................................................... 56 APPENDIXA.......................................................................................................... 63