Public-Private Partnership and Public Service Delivery in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

Public-Private Partnership refers as a strategy of public service delivery in Delta State, Nigeria. It is the responsibility of the government to provide essential services to the citizens but considering the enormous responsibilities on the part of the government with limited resources, it has become clear that government alone cannot bear all the responsibilities. It is as a result of too many responsibilities and other factors that made the Delta state government to adopt the Public-Private Partnership Model to provide some services to its citizens. Data for the study were obtained through secondary sources. Historical and descriptive methods were adopted for the analysis of data gathered. The public choice theory was adopted as theoretical framework in this paper. The paper found out that despite the adoption of PPP Model, the level of infrastructural development and job creation in Delta state is still low and this is due to corruption, ineffective leadership and lack of transparency in the implementation of the PPP. It is recommended amongst others from the study that corruption should be reduced to the barest minimum through the establishment of state anti-corruption agency.