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 secto...
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| author | Adeyemi, Raji Abdulwasiu Jedin, Mohd. Haniff Subhan, Muhammed Arif, Nurhaizal Azam |
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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 | uum-240992020-11-16T06:29:30Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24099/ Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State Adeyemi, Raji Abdulwasiu Jedin, Mohd. Haniff Subhan, Muhammed Arif, Nurhaizal Azam JA Political science (General) 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. Penerbit Universiti Utara Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24099/1/JIS%2013%2085-96%20%282017%29.pdf Adeyemi, Raji Abdulwasiu and Jedin, Mohd. Haniff and Subhan, Muhammed and Arif, Nurhaizal Azam (2017) Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State. Journal of International Studies, 13. pp. 85-96. ISSN 1823-691X http://jis.uum.edu.my/index.php/current-issues |
| spellingShingle | JA Political science (General) Adeyemi, Raji Abdulwasiu Jedin, Mohd. Haniff Subhan, Muhammed Arif, Nurhaizal Azam Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State |
| 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 | JA Political science (General) |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/24099/1/JIS%2013%2085-96%20%282017%29.pdf |
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