Infrastructural Development in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions through Public Private Partnership: An Appraisal

Abstract

Successive Nigerian governments have indicated the desire to address infrastructure deficit and to improve the quality of public services in the country.  One of the ways of achieving this is through Public Private Partnership (PPP). This paper looks at the viability of public private partnership in overhauling the decadence in infrastructural provision in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. It posits that although public private partnership agreements have been concluded for the provisions of infrastructure development in several tertiary institutions in the country, owing to legal as well as economic constraints, the process have achieved little, if at all. It therefore recommends that the law that provided for PPP be amended in such a manner that the private sector will find it attractive to collaborate with government.