Institutional Arrangements and PPP Housing Project Outcomes: Case Study of Sunshine Garden Estate Oba-Ile, Nigeria

摘要

Acute lack of financial resources in Nigeria have compelled governments to implement various public private partnerships (PPP) projects to address current urban housing shortages. Such projects have not always met residents' satisfaction especially in terms of defective construction, with PPP Institutional capabilities emerging as a critical issue. This paper analyses issues of residents' perceptions of the link between institutional arrangements and outcomes of PPP urban housing projects in Nigeria, in the context of the Sunshine Garden Estate (SGE), Oba-Ile, Ondo State. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data from a survey of 185 SGE residents, we show that one of the major predictors of residents' resistance toward accepting PPP urban housing stocks was explained by perceptions of deficient institutional arrangements. We further argue that inadequate attention to public consultation, project monitoring and lack of competitive bidding of the Sunshine Garden Estate has compounded the sense that the PPP is another form of privatization in which the provisions of social services and infrastructure is contracted out to private sector organizations. Attention to public consultation, project monitoring and competitive bidding process are vital to avoiding residents' distaste for PPP urban housing stocks and to the successful and ethical implementation of infrastructure projects in Nigeria.