Roadblocks to Public-Private Partnership on Infrastructure Development in Enugu State.

Abstract

The Study examined the road blocks to Public-Private
Partnership on infrastructure development (PPP) in
Enugu state. It further interrogates the challenges of
PPP on infrastructure development in Enugu state.
Through quantitative and qualitative methods, the study
found out that insufficient investments by private
concerns, policy inconsistency by the government,
inadequacy of public fund, foreign exchange
inconsistency and corruption of both public and private
officials are some of the challenges affecting efficient
implementation of PPP in the state. In realizing the
objective of the study, a population of 586 staff of the
state’s ministry of Agriculture and the state’s investment
authority reduced to a researchable size of 238 through
Taro Yamane statistical technique served as our
respondents. The study concluded that PPP policy
generally has a positive effect on infrastructure
development in Enugu state but that the identified road
blocks are seriously hampering its successes. The study
recommended among others that government must
strengthen its regulatory frameworks if PPP initiatives
must be achieved.