EVALUATION OF ADEQUACY OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ADOPTED BY NIGER STATE HOUSING CORPORATION

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study is titled “Evaluation of the Adequacy of Public Private Partnership Development Strategy adopted by Niger State Housing Corporation” (NSHC) from 2007 to 2015, it has as its objectives: identification of the PPP model adopted and the number of housing units planned and developed, assessment of the adequacy, liveability and affordability of the housing being developed through the strategy and evaluation of the adequacy of the strategy and the performance of NSHC under the strategy. Questionnaire and interview which were both open and close ended were used to collect data from management and staffs of NSHC, Niger State Public Procurement Board (NPPB) and PPP office and the residents of M.I. Wushishi housing estate and Talba housing estate that were being occupied while data on factors responsible for non-occupation of Aliyu Makama and Bako Kotangora housing estates was collected from NSHC. Data collected was analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics and the hypothesis was tested with the use of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and regression. The study revealed that Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model of PPP was adopted as the housing development strategy, 500 housing units each were developed for both M.I. Wushishi and Talba housing estates which were allocated and occupied while Aliyu Makama housing estate, Bida and Bako Kontagora housing estate, Kontagora are yet to be completed 12years after commencement, a total of 219,000 housing units was planned to be developed and 2000 units was developed which represents 0.91%. The assessment of adequacy and liveability of the housing units being developed shows that the 2bedroom flats in M.I. Wushishi housing estate recorded an adequacy level of 18.9% while Talba housing estate recorded 73.8%, the 3bedroom recorded 79.6% and 78.9%respectively, the estates were adjudged to be liveable by the residents. Affordability index premised on the monthly repayment revealed that for M.I. Wushishi housing estate, 2bedroom flats is only affordable to civil servants on grade level 7 and above with monthly expenditure of 25% while the 3bedroom is only affordable to civil servants from grade levels 13 and above while at Talba housing estate, 2bedroom is affordable to civil servant on grade level 9 and above with monthly expenditure of 30% while the 3bedroom is affordable only affordable to grade level 14 step 9, thus the housing is not affordable to low-income earners. The study further revealed that NSHC functions spans from conception of building design to allocation and post occupancy management and with an overall mean score of 2.10 the performance of NSHC in the development of M.I. Wushishi and Talba housing estates was rated good and with a mean score of 3.0 the performance of NSHC in the development of Aliyu Makama and Bako Kotangora housing estates was rated fair. The study recommended that the repayment period be extended to 25years as this will reduce monthly repayments and it will make 2bedroom at M.I. Wushishi housing estate affordable to GL1 and 3bedrooms affordable to GL7, at Talba housing estate, 2bedrooms will become affordable to GL7, and 3bedrooms affordable to GL9 and that a comprehensive legal and institutional framework should be put in place to improve the adequacy of the PPP strategy.