PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AS A TOOL FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL GROWTH IN NIGERIA: A FOCUS ON NIGERIA’S ELECTRICITY SECTOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CERTIFICATIONi

DEDICATIONii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTiii

TABLE OF STATUTESvi

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSvii

ABSTRACTix

CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION1

1.1Background of Study1

1.2Research Questions5

1.3Scope of Research6

1.4Research Methodology6

CHAPTER TWO - OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND THE

ELECTRCITY SECTOR IN NIGERIA7

2.1. Meaning of Public-Private Partnership7

2.2. Public-Private Partnership and Infrastructural Growth10

2.3. History of Electricity Generation and Distribution16

2.4. Unbundling and Privatization of Nigeria’s Electricity Sector18

CHAPTER THREE – THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

REGARDING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND ELECTRCITY REFORM

IN NIGERIA24

3.1. The Statutory Regimes As Regards PPP and Electricity Reform24

3.1.1. The Constitution24

3.1.2. Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission Act (ICRC Act)25

3.1.3. Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA)26

3.1.4. Public Enterprises (Privatisation and Commercialisation) Act 199929

3.1.5. Public Procurement Act, 2007.30

3.1.6. Utilities Charges Commission Act 199231

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3.1.7 Federal Highways Act 197132

3.2. Public Institutions Concerned With PPP and Electricity Reform32

3.2.1. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)32

3.2.2. Federal Ministry of Power (now Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing)

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3.2.3. Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET)34

3.2.4. Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC)35

3.2.5. Bureau of Public Enterprises/ National Council on Privatisation36

3.2.6. Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company Ltd/Gte (NELMCO)37

3.2.7. Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)38

3.3 The Presidential Task Force on Power Review (PTFP), 2014.39

3.4. Roadmap for Power Sector Reform, 2010.43

CHAPTER FOUR - EFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN

PROMOTING INFRASTRUCTURAL GROWTH47

4.1. Effectiveness of Public-Private Partnership in Promoting Infrastructural Growth47

4.2. Challenges to Public-Private Partnership on Infrastructural Development50

CHAPTER FIVE - CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS58

5.1.Conclusion58

5.2.Recommendations62

BIBLIOGRAPHY64