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Vol. XII Issue IX - September 2010

Project Management eJournal

 

REGIONAL REPORT:

Report on Project and Project Management in Nigeria

Nigeria

By O. Chima Okereke, PhD, MBA, PMP
International Correspondent for PMForum
& PM World Today

Port Harcourt, Nigeria


Introduction

Probably the most important development that has taken place this year in project management in the power industry, if not in many other industries, was the launching of the Road Map for the power industry on August 26 by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. This is the focus of this report because it is an event that has the potential to transform the national electricity supply and permanently resolve most of the ills that have crippled the development of the industry over many years.

The Launching of the Power Industry Road Map

Objective

To reform the power sector by means of a program that comprises every aspect of the industry in order to achieve sustainable, stable and adequate electricity supply in the country.

Detailed Plan of the Program

The implementation of the Road Map should lead to the effective privatisation of the industry and the almost full implementation of the Electric Power Sector Reforms (EPSR) Act of 2005. The Act entailed the planned privatisation of the present company, the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), to 18 successor companies. These should comprise six electricity generation companies, one electric transmission company and eleven distribution companies. The privatisation programme was an excellent economic scheme initiated and legislated by the Obasanjo administration…

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About the Author
O. Chima Okereke

O. Chima Okereke, PhD

International Correspondent - Nigeria

Nigeria


Dr. O. Chima Okereke, Ph.D., MBA, PMP 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 writer 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/index.htm. 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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