Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State
The state of electricity supply in Nigeria is nothing to write home about. The situation has resulted in the government adopting the privatization policy as the elixir to the affliction of inadequate power supply in the country. Thus, this paper investigated the privatization policy of the power sec...
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| author | Raji Abdulwasiu Adeyemi Mohd.Haniff Jedin Muhammed Subhan Nurhaizal Azam Arif |
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| description | The state of electricity supply in Nigeria is nothing to write home about. The situation has resulted in the government adopting the privatization policy as the elixir to the affliction of inadequate power supply in the country. Thus, this paper investigated the privatization policy of the power sector and how it affects development in the rural areas of the Ijumu local government of Kogi State, Nigeria. The modernization theory was adopted in this paper. Data acquired from 120 respondents selected with the use of the three-stage sampling procedure, was analyzed with Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS/PC) Version 20. The study revealed that privatization of the power sector has not transformed into a significant improvement in electricity supply. Consequently, the study recommends that there is need for the government to ensure that the policy adopted should be of optimum form to achieve the desired results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d174ed7f07214a65ac141c436bfb83432022-12-22T04:33:37ZengUUM PressJournal of International Studies1823-691X2017-12-0113859610.32890/jis2017.13.6Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi StateRaji Abdulwasiu Adeyemi0Mohd.Haniff Jedin1Muhammed Subhan2Nurhaizal Azam Arif3School of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, MalaysiaSchool of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, MalaysiaSchool of International Studies, Universiti Utara Malaysia, MalaysiaFaculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University, JapanThe state of electricity supply in Nigeria is nothing to write home about. The situation has resulted in the government adopting the privatization policy as the elixir to the affliction of inadequate power supply in the country. Thus, this paper investigated the privatization policy of the power sector and how it affects development in the rural areas of the Ijumu local government of Kogi State, Nigeria. The modernization theory was adopted in this paper. Data acquired from 120 respondents selected with the use of the three-stage sampling procedure, was analyzed with Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS/PC) Version 20. The study revealed that privatization of the power sector has not transformed into a significant improvement in electricity supply. Consequently, the study recommends that there is need for the government to ensure that the policy adopted should be of optimum form to achieve the desired results.http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jis/article/view/jis2017.13.6privatization policyrural development. ijumunigeria |
| spellingShingle | Raji Abdulwasiu Adeyemi Mohd.Haniff Jedin Muhammed Subhan Nurhaizal Azam Arif Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State Journal of International Studies privatization policy rural development. ijumu nigeria |
| title | Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State |
| title_full | Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State |
| title_fullStr | Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State |
| title_full_unstemmed | Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State |
| title_short | Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State |
| title_sort | privatization policy and rural development an assessment of power holding company of nigeria in ijumu local government of kogi state |
| topic | privatization policy rural development. ijumu nigeria |
| url | http://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jis/article/view/jis2017.13.6 |
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