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Vol. XI Issue IV - April 2009
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Report on Projects & Project Management
in Nigeria
By O. Chima Okereke, PhD, MBA
International Correspondent for
PMForum
& PM World Today
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Need for Coordinated Program Management in the Regional Development of the Niger Delta
Within the past few years, the World Bank, EU, the Nigerian federal and state governments, and other organisations have been making various investments in the Niger Delta. Even as some of these investments were being announced last month, also reported were the sad and worrying incidents of continuing killings, kidnappings, and infrastructural damages and destruction by militants in the oil-rich region. These have been happening since 2006. On the face of it, the investments do not appear to have any obvious impact in ameliorating the frequency of the reported destructive activities.
In this paper, we intend to examine some of the investments. We suggest that the various projects be coordinated into a program initiated with a view to achieving peace and resumption of welcome economic activities in the region. While, it is clear that the desired goal is not being achieved yet, it should be consoling if we were confident that the process we have adopted is such that all the investments are integrated towards the achievement of the same goal.
We shall take a look at some of the announced investment projects and examples of the continuing militancy. We shall suggest the use of project management in regional development with the goal of achieving a return to normalcy and economic developments in the Niger Delta.
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O. Chima Okereke, PhD
Dr. O. Chima Obereke , Ph.D., MBA, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PMWorld Today in Nigeria. Dr. Obereke is also Managing Director of Total Technology Consultants, Ltd., based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria and in the UK. He was previously a chief engineer for Delta Steel Company in Aladja; a project engineer/technical write for Shell Petroleum Development Company in Warri; Section Head for Instrumentation & Control for the National Electric Power Authority in Lagos; and Electrical Engineer for the Ministry of Works & Housing, Nigerian National Government. Chima is also now sponsor and president of a potential chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in Port Harcourt. Dr. Okereke has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lagos, and a Ph.D. and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Bradford in the UK. With over 25 years of experience in industrial operations and PM, he has been a registered engineer in Nigeria since 1983. Total Technology is also the authorized representative in Nigeria for Primavera and PertMaster. Additional information about Dr. Okereke can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team |
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