Abstract:
The study assessed the activities of public private partnership (PPP) and assessed its effects on
finance of execution of road projects in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja; Nigeria. It also
examined the legal framework in public private partnership road projects executed in the study
area. This was with a view to determine the mechanism for recovery of funds invested in public
private partnership road projects executed in Federal Capital Territory. The study covered the
public private partnership road projects in Abuja. The respondents were categorized into five,
namely: Department of Mass Housing, Department of Engineering, Department of Economic
Planning, all from the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Berger Construction
Company Plc; and Dantata & Sawoe. The total number of the population was 8,267 while the
sample for the study was 382 using Yamane’s statistical distribution formula. A total of 382
respondents were used for the study. The research instrument used was questionnaire. The
questionnaire elicited information on the issues related to the objectives of the study. Data were
also obtained from the relevant records. The data collected were analysed using appropriate
descriptive and inferential statistics. The result showed among others that there was significant
difference between finance in PPP and road projects executed (X 2 = 43.576; P < 0.05). The study
further showed that the organisations complied with the legal framework during execution of road
projects in Abuja (X 2 = 43.576; P < 0.05). Also, there was mechanism for recovery of fund invested
on road projects by PPP in FCT (X 2 = 55.539; P < 0.05). It was concluded that public private
partnership is very vital in the development of any society, due to the effectiveness of PPP in
execution of road projects. Therefore, government should continually engage PPP in projects
management in Nigeria.
