THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATION

This thesis provides information on the Management of Public Enterprises in Nigeria: A Case Study of Nigerian Telecommunication, a Federal Government statutory public corporation, dealing with communication aspect in Nigeria. It focused attention on all relevant bodies that have connection with communication. This project attempt to explain the general concepts of public enterprises, and its management, thereby relating it to the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited. The constraints of the Nigerian Telecommunication the resultant effect of efficient management or otherwise were also highlighted in the course of the study. These include the maintenance problem, political and shortage of good quality labour. Realizing the above mentioned factors therefore the study's soul aim was to find out how these problems affected the management of this important public corporation (The Nigerian Telecommunication limited). The study also highlighted the operational problem encountered by Nigerian Telecommunication either due to inconsistent political or procedural process. From the hypothesis that efficient management to public enterprises 1s associated with national