EVALUATING THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, (PPP) IN NIGERIA TRANSPORTATION SECTOR (A CASE STUDY OF KOGI STATE)

Government alone has limited capacity to facilitate sustainable economic development in most societies, hence, the need for public private partnership. This research project therefore examines the impact of public private partnership in promoting sustainable economic development indices such as infrastructural development, economic growth, industrialization and employment creation, Kogi State, North Central Nigeria constitutes the case study of the research project. Data for the study were collected from both secondary and primary sources. The secondary data were derived, mainly from journals, conference papers, textbooks and relevant online sources. The primary data however, were elicited from structured questionnaires administered to 105 purposively selected respondents. Their responses were subsequently analyzed using cross-tabulations and simple percentages. The stud revealed, amongst others, that the massive implementation of public private partnership (PPP) in the governance architecture of Kogi State would impact positively on sustainable economic developmental indices such as infrastructural development economic growth, industrialization and job creation respectively. Consequently, the study concludes that given the absolute imperativeness of these indices to the general well-being of Kogites, public private partnership is timely and exigently necessary in the state. To this end, the study recommends the setting up of a bureau or unit of public private partnership in Kogi State public service, and the prioritization of public private partnership in the state 's economic development policy.