How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It

(LAWMA).- 4.36 Cleaner Lagos Initiative (Visionscape).- 4.37 University College Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan.- 4.38 University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH).- References.- 5 Insights from the Analysis of the Questionnaires.- 5.1 Variable Distributions and Variable Capability to Detect Differences Across Projects.- 5.1.1 Each Respondent Type Adds Unique Perspectives and Information.- 5.1.2 The Variables Capture Robust Differences Between Abandoned and Completed Projects.- 5.2 Condensing Variables into Aggregated Success Factors.- 5.2.1 Approach.- 5.2.2 Identifying the Factors.- 5.3 Econometric Prediction of Project Completion.- 5.4 Econometric Prediction of Cost and Schedule Overruns for Completed Projects.- 5.4.1 Effect of Variables on Budget Overruns.- 5.4.2 Effect of Variables on Schedule Overruns.- 5.5 The Corrosive Effect of Corruption.- Appendix 1 Correlations Among Independent Variables Across All 114 Responses.- Appendix 2 Factor Analysis.- Appendix 3 Specification of the Logistical Regression.- Appendix 4 The Logistical Completion Probability Regression by Respondent Group.- Appendix 5 Robustness Analysis: Cost Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group.- Appendix 6 Robustness Analysis: Schedule Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group.- 6 Two Library Projects.- 6.1 The National Library of Nigeria in Abuja: An Abandoned Project.- 6.1.1 Project Initiation.- 6.1.2 Contract Signature and Execution.- 6.1.3 Conclusion.- 6.2 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library: A Completed Project.- 6.2.1 Project Initiation.- 6.2.2 Project Execution and Outcome.- 6.2.3 The Difference Between the Two Projects: In the Words of Former President Obasanjo.- References.- 7 Two Bridge Projects.- 7.1 The Second Niger Bridge: A Stalled Project.- 7.1.1 Project Initiation.- 7.1.2 Contract Disputes and Recontracting.- 7.1.3 Continued Stalling.- 7.1.4 Diagnosis of the Reasons for Failure, in the Words of (Former) President Jonathan.- 7.1.5 Conclusion.- 7.2 The Third MainlandBridge: A Completed Project.- 7.2.1 Introduction.- 7.2.2 Starting and Stalling.- 7.2.3 Restarting the Project Under President Babangida.- 7.2.4 Project Execution and Outcome.- 7.2.5 Conclusion.- References.- 8 Two Power Plants.- 8.1 Egbin Power Station, Ikorodu Lagos State: A Completed Project.- 8.1.1 Initiation and Completion.- 8.1.2 Success Conditions and Challenges.- 8.1.3 Privatization and Trouble.- 8.2 The Calabar Odukpani Power Station: Completed but with Little Delivery.- 8.2.1 Project Initiation.- 8.2.2 Project Complications and Delays.- 8.2.3 Delivery of the Calabar Power Station in 2015.- 8.2.4 What Has Been Delivered? Lessons from the Project.- References.- 9 Two Express Road Rehabilitation Projects.- 9.1 The Lagos-Ibadan Express Road Rehabilitation: A Completed Project.- 9.1.1 Original Construction of the Express Road.- 9.1.2 A Reconstruction Project in a PPP Scheme.- 9.1.3 Restructuring the Project as a Government-Owned Project.- 9.1.4 Discussion.- 9.2 Lagos-Badagry Express Road Rehabilitation: A Stalled Project.- 9.2.1 Brief History.- 9.2.2 Was the Problem the Fault of the Contractor?.- 9.2.3 Dodgy Funding and Accounting.- 9.2.4 Protest, Additional Funding and Patching Up.- 9.2.5 Conclusion.- References.- 10 Two More Power Plants.- 10.1 The Zungeru Dam/Hydropower Plant: A (Soon-to-Be) Completed Project.- 10.1.1 Brief History.- 10.1.2 Enabling Factors of Completion.- 10.2 The Delta State Oghareki Power Plant: An Abandoned Project.- 10.2.1 Initiation.- 10.2.2 The Alleged Corruption.- 10.2.3 Implications.- References.- 11 The Ajaokuta Steel Project.- 11.1 Project Initiation.- 11.2 Project Construction and Cessation by 1988.- 11.3 The PPP Revival of 2000-2007.- 11.4 The State of the Asset.- 11.5 Conclusion.- References.- 12 Insights and Recommendations.- 12.1 Summary and Discussion of the Findings.- 12.2 Developing Solutions: Inspiration from Other Countries.- 12.3 Recommendations.- 12.3.1 Recommendations Part 1: Short-Term Changes.- 12.3.2 RecommendationsPart 2: Longer-Term Structural Changes.- 13 Conclusion: The Government Responsibility.

management. He has written a previous book on project management in addition to books on innovation and management quality in manufacturing.

Kishore Sengupta is Professor of Operations and Technology Management at the Cambridge Judge Business School. He is an internationally known researcher on project management, and he is the programme director of the project management executive education offering at the Cambridge Judge Business School.