Power Sector Reforms and the Management of Transition Challenges in Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

ABSTRACT 

The need to ensure efficiency and enhanced electricity generation and distribution informed the reform of the Nigerian power sector. Successive administrations made the power sector reform a central policy of governance. However, the reforms and unbundling of Power Holding Company of Nigeria generated a lot of interest across the nation in the face of heightened hope for better service delivery. In the light of this, this research therefore, examined Power Sector Reform and the management of Transition Challenges in Enugu Electricity Distribution Company. The specific questions of research were: Did the process of transition from Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) fail to enhance service delivery? and; Did the severance package resolve the dislocation disputes between PHCN and former staff in Enugu Electricity Zone?. Data for the study were generated from primary and secondary sources including interviews, textbooks, publications by NERC, federal government, World Bank, etc. Descriptive survey was adopted as the research design. The findings revealed that the transition from Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) enhanced service delivery in the Enugu electricity zone. It also demonstrated that the payment of severance package to former PHCN staff in Enugu electricity zone led to the resolution of dislocation disputes between the federal government and former members of staff of PHCN. The research, therefore, recommends that transparency of the reform process to ensure the involvement of relevant stakeholders and build broad consensus through coordinated action.

CONTENTS

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

Approval - - - - - - - - - - ii

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

Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - - iv

Abstract - - - - - - - - - - v

Contents - - - - - - - - - - vi

List of Tables - - - - - - - - - - viii

Chapter one: Introduction

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

1.2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - - 7

1.3 Objectives of the study - - - - - - - 8

1.4 Significance of the study - - - - - - - 8

Chapter Two: Literature Review

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

2.2 Gaps in Literature - - - - - - - - 33

Chapter Three: Methodology

3.1 Theoretical Framework - - - - - - - 35

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

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

3.4 Methods of Data Collection - - - - - - - 39

3.5 Methods of Data Analysis - - - - - - - 40

Chapter Four: Unbundling of PHCN and Service Delivery in Enugu Electricity Zone

4.1 Overview of the Nigerian Power Sector - - - - - 42

4.2 Privatization/Unbundling of PHCN - - - - - - 50

4.3 Enugu Electricity Distribution Company - - - - - 61

4.4 Electricity Supply in Enugu Electricity Zone - - - - - 63

Chapter Five: Staff Compensation and Dislocation Challenges of PHCN staff in Enugu

Electricity Zone

5.1 Disputes over Transition - - - - - - - 66

5.2 Payment of Severance Package and Dislocation of Staff - - - 69

5.3 Socio-Economic Implication - - - - - - - 72

Chapter Six: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

6.1 Summary - - - - - - - - - 80

6.2 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - 85

6.3 Recommendations - - - - - - - - 86

Bibliography

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