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Vol. XI Issue VI - June 2009
Project Management eJournal
Report on Projects & Project Management
in Nigeria
By O. Chima Okereke,
PhD, MBA
International Correspondent for PMForum & PM World Today
Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Threats on Nigerian Hydroelectric Power Supply Projects by a new Niger Dam Project
Threats arising from projects should be discovered during feasibility studies preceding the approval and implementation of projects. Such studies should provide the business and technical justification for projects and their impacts on existing industrial plants and economic installations.
In the past month, May 2009, there was some publication highlighting the anxiety among the management of the Nigerian electric power supply over the implementation of a project for the building of the Kandadji Dam by the Government of Niger, upstream of the River Niger. The Nigerians fear that the dam will reduce the water flow to the Kianji Dam and therefore the generating capacity of its hydro power station, and also affect the generating capacity of the downstream Jebba Hydro Power Station. Already, experts observe that there has been consistent reduction in water inflow into the river over the years because of climatic changes.
Therefore, it is feared that, with time, a combination of the continuing unfavourable climatic changes and water reduction caused by the implementation of the proposed dam will incapacitate the Kainji and Jebba Hydro Power Stations.
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About the Author
Dr. O. Chima Obereke, Ph.D., MBA, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PMWorld Today in Nigeria. Dr. Okereke 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 (to link to breaking news article that introduced Okereke as correspondent). More information about Total Technology Consultants can be found at http://www.totaltechnologyconsultants.org/. Chima can be contacted at OkerekeOC@gmail.com.
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