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BEST PRACTICE IN MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT TO ENHANCE SOCIO-ECO DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGER DELTA REGION BY NWADIKE JONES 13/4/2016

BEST PRACTICE IN MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT TO ENHANCE SOCIO-ECO

DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGER DELTA

NWADIKE JONESFNSE, FNIHE, FNICE, MICE, MASCE, MNCS, KSM, KJS

CEO / PRINCIPAL

JAPAVISCA ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED

GSM: 08032630023, e-mail: [email protected], website: japavisca.org


WHY THE PRESENTATION?

– The ability to deliver infrastructures has been seriously eroded and that delivery of future growth opportunities will present major challenges.

– Bridge tribe, ethnicity, language & share hearts & minds.

– Case for Change.

– No changes to processes & procedures (need to be) proposed, but relentless implementation of detailed recommendations is needed.


HIGHLIGHTS

Promote peace as the foundation for socio-ecodevelopment.

Make governance effective and responsive to theneeds of the people.

Improve and diversify the economy.

Promote social inclusion and improve access tosocial services.

Promote environmental sustainability to preserve themeans of people’s sustainable livelihoods.

Build sustainable partnerships for the advancementof human development.


INFRASTRUCTUREKey Infrastructure Areas and Sub-Classes

1 Electric Power . Power Generation. Power Transmission. Power Distribution

2 Transportation . Roads & Bridges. Rail . Airports. Seaports

3 Water & Sanitation . Public Water Supply. Waste Management. Dams. Irrigation

4 Health . Primary Health Care Facilities. General Hospitals. Teaching Hospitals

5 Education . Primary Schools. Secondary Schools Vocational Institutions. Tertiary Institutions (Polytechnics & Universities)

6 Oil & Gas . Refineries. Pipelines

7 Housing . Social Mass Housing8 Tourism . Important Tourism Attractions

. Sports Stadia

. Public Recreational Parks9 Emergency Response . Fire Station

. Emergency Control Operation Centers10 Security & Law . Police Stations

. Courts of Law

. Prisons

. CCTV Installations

- Noun (plural /infrastructures)

The basic facilities,services &installations neededfor thefunctioning of acommunity or society.


PROCUREMENT

- Noun (plural / procurements)

(countable) The act of procuring or obtaining;obtainment; attainment.

(uncountable) The purchasing department ofa company or institution.

Due Process & Case for Change.


Selection of Appropriate Contracts In Given Circumstances(Due Process & Case for Change)


The Infrastructure Realization Process (IRP)…

•IDENTIFY &•IDENTIFY &•ASSESS•ASSESS •SELECT•SELECT •DEFINE•DEFINE •EXECUTE•EXECUTE •OPERATE•OPERATE

… and the best practice guide


STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

bottle-necks or inhibitors be-devilling institutionalarrangements or frameworks regarding infrastructureprocurement: -

Family,

Ethnicity,

Tribalism,

Religion,

Language,

Obstruction of justice and lack of peace,

Civil disorder,

Controversial census,

coups ,

Abandoned property,


STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS CONT’D.

- Competition with foreign goods,

- Shortage of raw materials production and plant location,

- Shortage of entrepreneurs,

- Poor management,

- Political instability,

- Inadequate transportation and communication facilities,

- Lack of standard market for various goods,

-Inadequate skilled man-power,

- Bad government policies,

- Weak and unsuitable institutions,


STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS CONT’D.

- Lack of qualified manufacturing engineers,

- Insufficient capital,

- High degree of foreign dependence,

- Lack of heavy-duty machinery manufacturing labour,

- Low purchasing power of the populace,

- Inadequate power supply,

- etc.


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

- TO ELIMINATE POOR LEADERSHIP (GOVERNANCE).

- TO ELIMINATE CORRUPTION.

- TO STOP ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.

- TO ELIMINATE UNEMPLOYMENT & LOW EDUCATION.

- TO STOP INSECURITY.

- TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT & REDUCE HIGH COST OFLIVING AND ELIMINATE POVERTY.

- TO MAKE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE SAY IN DETERMINING GOVERNANCECOMPOSITION


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY CONT’D.

- TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENTTHAT IS INHIBITING SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

- TO ESTABLISH QUALITY, RELIABLE & SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS.

- TO HAVE PROGRAMME FOR TRAINING INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENTENGINEERS.

- TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT / CONTRIBUTION OF INFRASTRUCTUREPROCUREMENT BOARD.

- TO ENSURE STRUCTURED PROCEDURES IN PROCUREMENT OFINFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND DETAILS OF CONTRACT ENTERED INTO.

- TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT PLANNING &DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

- TO ELIMINATE ‘CERTIFICATE AS MEAL TICKET SYNDROME’.


AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY CONT’D.

- TO ENSURE THAT VEHICLES TO DELIVER SOCIAL OBJECTIVES ININFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IS ADEQUATE & SUSTAINABLE.

- TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS MARKET (EMPLOYEMNT AND BUSINESS) AND SOCIALDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

- TO ENSURE THAT THE REGION IS SELF-RELIANT.

- TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, FAIR PLAY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND OPENCOMPETITION IN INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT.

- TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL CONTENT WILL HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIRRESOURCES.


SIGNIFICANCE / JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY

• NIGER DELTA REGION, PRE- AND POST-INDEPENDENCE CANNOT BOAST OF ANY

RELIABLE INSTITUTION, SINCE MOST OF THE INSTITUTIONS OPENED ARE WEAK.

• ELIMINATE ATTENDANT INCIDENCES OF CORRUPTION (INCLUSIVE OF BRIBERY

OR KICKBACK, EMBEZZLEMENT, THEFT, FRAUD, EXTORTION, BLACKMAIL,

FAVOURITISM, NEPOTISM, CLIENTELISM, IMPROPER POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS,

ABUSE OF DISCRETION) WHICH IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE AT EVERY STAGE OF

INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT TO ENHANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

OBJECTIVES, SUSTAINABILITY, MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

(DEVELOPMENT).

• THE ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT DEVELOPMENT IN TRADE AND

COMMERCE CANNOT BE SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET BECAUSE THE

INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT DEVELOPMENT IMPROVES: -

POPULATION AGGLOMERATION,

URBANIZATION, MODERNIZATION,

MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.


SIGNIFICANCE / JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY CONT’D.

GOING BY THE PRESENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENDA AND INDIGENIZATIONPOLICY CUM NIGERIAN CONTENT ACT IN MEETING THE NIGER DELTA NEEDS,

THE ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT INSTITUTIONS, ENGINEERS ANDHEAVY-DUTY MACHINERY MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROVISION OFJOB OPPORTUNITIES, TECHNOLOGICAL CUM INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT,FUNDING OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, TRAINING CUM SKILLED MANPOWERDEVELOPMENT AND INVARIABLY IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIVING ANDGENERAL WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE CANNOT BE OVER EMPHASIZED.

MORE SO, IT IS A STATEMENT OF FACT THAT WITHOUT EFFECTIVE ANDEFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT SCHOOLS (ENGINEERING) ANDHEAVY-DUTY MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT IN THE REGION, ALL OTHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES WOULD COME TO A HALT.


RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

THE STUDY IS ORGANIZED IN SEVEN (7) PARTS APART FROM THEINTRODUCTION, JUSTIFICATION AND METHODS OF STUDY. THESE ARE: -

• LITERATURE REVIEW

• WHAT IS TO BE DONE

• WHAT MAY NOT WORK AND WHY

• RECOMMENDATIONS / WAY FORWARD

• LESSONS

• CONCLUSION

• REFERENCES.


RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY

• THE EMPIRICAL METHOD OF RESEARCH IS USED COVERING FIELD WORK ANDSPECIFIC METHOD OF ARTICULATION. PRELIMINARY WORK DONE AMONG NIGERDELTA PEOPLE, A SECTION OF ONDO, EDO, DELTA, BAYELSA, IMO, RIVERS, ABIA,AKWA IBOM AND CROSS RIVER WITH INFRASTRUCTURES AVAILABILITY IDENTIFIEDAND ASSESSED.

• THE STUDY EQUALLY ADOPTS EXPLORATORY METHOD OF RESEARCH TOEXAMINE AND DISCUSS RELEVANT ISSUES OF INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF NIGERDELTA INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT DEVELOPMENT AS AN ECONOMICALLYVIABLE OPTION FOR SOCIO-ECO DEVELOPMENT .

• SOME OF THESE SECONDARY SOURCES ARE NARROW IN VIEW, PERSPECTIVEAND SCOPE BUT THEY SERVE AS USEFUL MATERIALS FOR RESEARCHERSWANTING TO EMBARK ON A MACRO-STUDY.


RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY CONT’D.

• OTHERS INCLUDE LIBRARY BOOKS, PREVIOUS WORKS BY THE AUTHOR,DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS DONE ON INFRASTRUCTURES, INTERNET ANDARTICLES FROM LEARNED JOURNALS.

• BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE STUDY (MACRO), THE WRITER RELIES ONPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS IN THE AREA OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENTUSING COMMISSIONED STUDIES, NON-COMMISSIONED STUDIES AND PUBLISHEDWORKS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

• DURING THE STUDY, THERE IS NO CASE WHERE ANYBODY OR SCHOLAR DELVEDINTO DISCUSSING INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT TO ENHANCE SOCI-ECODEVELOPMENT GOALS AS ECONOMICALLY VIABLE OPTION FOR SOCIO-ECODEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES IN NIGER DELTA REGION.


• INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT AND MACHINERY MANUFACTURINGDEVELOPMENT.

• THE MAJOR NERVES OF THE REGION SUCH AS ONDO, EDO, DELTA,BAYELSA, IMO, RIVERS, ABIA, AKWA IBOM AND CROSS RIVER.

• WHERE INFRASTRUCTURES ARE AVAILABLE AND ENGINEERINGPRACTICES ARE ON.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY


MAP OF NIGERIA SHOWING NIGER DELTA STATES

Cameroon

ChadNiger

Gulf of Guinea

Benin

Map of Nigeria numerically showing states typically

considered part of the Niger Delta region: -

1. Abia, 2. Akwa Ibom,3. Bayelsa, 4. Cross River,

5. Delta, 6. Edo, 7. Imo,8. Ondo, 9. Rivers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NigerDeltaStates.png


NINE (9) NIGER DELTA STATES

AKWA IBOM

Map showing states typically considered part of the Niger Delta region:-

Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River,

Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo, & Rivers


VIEW OF NIGER DELTA FROM SPACE

LAND FORMS OF THE NIGER DELTA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nigerdelta_NASA.jpg


ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF THE NIGER DELTA REGION


INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD

A

B

C

F

E

D

.

NIGERIAN INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD

2015

National infrastructure stock ranksE2 (2.08 out of 5). This particularlypoor state constitutes a danger topublic safety.

Source: Nigeria Report Card, 2015.

A

B

C

F

E

D

.

NIGER DELTA INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD

2016

Niger Delta infrastructure stockranks E2 (2.08 out of 5). Thisparticularly poor state constitutes adanger to public safety.


CUMMULATIVE GRADING & INTERPRETATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE

A (5.00 - 4.35) World Class

B (4.34 - 3.37) Fit for the Future

C (3.36 - 3.01) Satisfactory for now

D (3.00 - 2.35) At risk

E (2.34 - 1.68) Poor State

F (1.67 - 1) Unfit for purposePlease note: A, B, C, D, E; 1, 2, 3 is sometimes used to indicate a grade which lines at the extremes or middle of therange. E.g., for grade E; E (1.89 – 1.680, E2 (2.11 – 1.90, E3 (2.34 – 2.12).



CUMMULATIVE SCORE OF INFRASTRUCTURE

INNOVATION 2.04

RESILIENCE 2.07

PUBLIC SAFETY 2.07

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 1.97

FUTURE PROVISION &IMPROVEMENTPLAN

2.20

CURRENT FUNDING 2.20

CONDITION 1.99

CAPACITY 2.16

1.00 2.502.001.50 3.00 4.504.003.50 5.00



LITERATURE REVIEW

• NIGER DELTA REGION, PRE-INDEPENDENCE AND FIFTY-FIVE (55) YEARS SINCEINDEPENDENT (1960 – 2015), WITH A POPULATION ESTIMATED AT MORE THAN 40MILLION PEOPLE, FROM OVER 50 ETHNO LINGUISTIC COMMUNITIES AND ABOUT 300DIFFERENT DIALECTS IS HETEROGENEITY BEING CONSTANTLY MANIPULATED BYTRADITIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND MODERN POLITICAL ELITE IN THEIR RACE FOR THECONTROL OF THE STATE AND NATIONAL RESOURCES.

• NIGER DELTA EXTENDS OVER ABOUT 70,000 KM2 (27,000 SQ. MI.) AND MAKES UP7.5 OF NIGERIA’S LAND MASS.

• NIGER DELTA IS THE MOST KNOWN POPULOUS AND THE MOST DIVERSE REGIONIN NIGERIA.

• NIGER DELTA IS THE OIL-PRODUCING REGION AND NIGERIA BIGGEST PRODUCEROF PETROLEUM, ABOUT 3 MILLION BARRELS (420,000M3) A DAY ARE EXTRACTED INTHE NIGER DELTA.

• 50 MILLION BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL STILL RESIDE UNDER THE DELTA OF EARLY2015. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_Delta).


LITERATURE REVIEW CONT’D.

• SINCE 1975, THE REGION HAS ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN 80% OF NIGERIA’SEXPORT EARNINGS (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger_Delta).

WITH ALL THESE IN PLACE THE REGION IS UNDERDEVELOPED AND STILLWEARING PAMPERS.

• HOW CAN A PERSON OF 55 YEARS PLUS BE WEARING PAMPERS AND THEMOTHER IS STILL HELPING THE CHILD AND EVEN TAKES THE CHILD TO PRIMARYSCHOOL AND BACK.

• IS EITHER THE CHILD IS IMBECILE OR HAS A VERY LOW LEVEL OF INTELLIGENTOR MENTALLY PARALYZED (NWADIKE, 2011).


POPULATION OF NIGER DELTA STATES AS AT 2015

states land area (kms2) population 2015

Abia 4,877 4,383,000

Akwa Ibom 6,806 4,537,000

Bayelsa 11,007 2,320,000

Cross River 21,930 3,712,000

Delta 17,163 4,877,000

Edo 19,698 4,096,000

Imo 5,165 4,535,000

Ondo 15,086 4,105,000

Rivers 10,378 6,592,000

Niger Delta 112,110 39,157,000

Source: UNDP, 2006, p. 54


LITERATURE REVIEW CONT’D.

• IT IS EVIDENT TOO THAT NIGER DELTA IS HISTORICALLY THE MOSTKNOWN REGION IN THE COUNTRY. THE FOSSILIZED REMAINS OF “HOMOHABILIS” AND “HOMO ERECTUS” WHO ARE THE ANCESTORS OF MANWERE FOUND IN NIGER DELTA ABOUT TWO MILLION YEARS AGO.

• THE MAIN RACIAL TYPES OF HUMAN BEINGS WE HAVE TODAY WEREALREADY SETTLED DOWN IN NIGER DELTA PRACTICINGINFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT, MANUFACTURING, AGRICULTURE ANDLIVESTOCK RAISING (EDEH, 2009).

• THESE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN AWAY AS SLAVES TO START SECONDINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AROUND 1750, FORMALIZED IN THE LATE 19TH

AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES AND ACHIEVED MATURITY AFTER WORLDWAR II (EDEH, 2009).


NIGER DELTA - ISSUES

Prior to the independence, Niger Delta did not have good strategicinfrastructure procurement development planning or EconomicBlueprints over the last six decades.

Niger Delta has been wobbling and fumbling over the years in itsdevelopmental drive due to lack of strategic planning and disciplineto implement policies.

Sadly, principles of transparency, fair play, accountability andopen competition were replaced with a broken down competitionsystem that entrenched opaqueness, inefficiency, influence peddlingand inflated costs with the attendant incidences of corruption .


CHALLENGES

• WEAK PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH POLITICAL, SOCIAL,COMMERCIAL, ETC.

• FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY.

• PERSISTENT POVERTY.

• UNSTABLE GOVERNMENT POLICIES.

• POOR EMPHASIS ON HEAVY-DUTY MACHINERY MANUFACTURINGEDUCATION.

• POOR PLANNING AND POOR MANAGEMENT .

• LACK OF DEDICATION TO EXECUTION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES,INFRASTRUCTURES & POOR FUNDING.


CHALLENGES CONT’D.

• LACK OF QUALIFIED MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS.

• RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & CAPACITY BUILDINGS, POLICIES ANDREGULATORY BODIES.

• INSTITUTIONS POORLY MANAGED, STAGNATED, COLLAPSED AND DIEDOVER THE YEARS.

• CORRUPTION (INCLUSIVE OF BRIBERY OR KICKBACK,EMBEZZLEMENT, THEFT, FRAUD, EXTORTION, BLACKMAIL,FAVOURITISM, NEPOTISM, CLIENTELISM, IMPROPER POLITICALCONTRIBUTIONS, ABUSE OF DISCRETION) IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE ATEVERY STAGE OF SOCIO-ECO DEVELOPMENT.


Our huge infrastructure deficit has greatly constrained economic growth and

development, thus inhibiting ability to improve the quality of life as envisaged .

Today, our problems remain and more had been added:

aggressive statism, indiscipline, poverty

excessive bureaucracy, abandoned property, insecurity

border disputes, corruption, lack of infrastructure

unprecedented materialism, phenomenon of “expert-phobia”, low education

bottom power, examination leakages, unemployment

run away inflation, “elderly and youthfully” delinquency, poor governance

Poor leadership, environmental degradation, high cost of living

foreign exchange scandal, double standards, family,

ethnicity, tribalism, religion,

language, obstruction of justice, civil disorder

controversial census, coups , etc.

Niger Delta today has become the den of foreign and local swindlers.

GROWTH – HOW AUTHENTIC?


Against this setting, sycophants, boot lickers, beneficiaries,

bureaucratic experts, manipulators, “mosquito capitalists” agents

of the imperialists and neo-colonialists, unpatriotic citizens,

intellectual ordinary men and ultra-reactionary students would wish

us see Niger Delta as socially and economically developed.

Today, Niger Delta has an army of over 250,000 men, yet she does

not manufacture a double barreled gun.

She has over twenty (20) universities, yet she imports toothpicks.

She has reputable lawyers and political scientists, yet she cannot

produce a working constitution.

She is blessed with distinguished sociologists and anthropologists,

yet she does not know the meaning of culture.



She has mechanical and electrical engineers, yet she imports all her

cars and radios.

She has produced so many chemists, pharmacists, botanists and

microbiologists, but she cannot refine her palm-wine, nor research

into the chemical and medicinal content of our herbs.

We have the human and natural resources, but we have simply

refused to be a great region.

Having punctured this notion development, what then can be done?

There are two major models for analyzing society.

The model of functionalism, which emphasizes stability, unity,

progress in short pattern maintenance and perpetuating of the

status quo.



That of radicalism or conflict approach which propounds the

inevitability of change utilizing human beings as the dominant

actors in this change. In this region, everybody is exposed to these

two models, equipped with these models I recommend the following

measures to effect change: -

need for ideology overhauling of the economic structure

political re-structure ethnicity

education technology and industrialization

woman power corruption

press establishment of intelligent units



Traditional Development Planning10-year infrastructure procurement development plan for 1946-1955 prepared by the

colonial administration. Medium-term infrastructure procurement development plans,

namely 1962-1968, 1970-1974, 1975-1980 and 1981-1985.

A series of two-year rolling infrastructure procurement development plans followed

between 1990 and 1998.

They ended up either not being implemented or, at best, being largely un-implemented.

Some policies and programmes within infrastructure procurement development plans

have been formulated to address the minority status, agitations and perceived

marginalization of the people of the delta, 1957 (The first major attempt to address

these grievances - Willink’s Commission of Inquiry to investigate the fears of minorities

and how to allay them).

The Willink’s set up the Niger Delta Development Board (NDDB) in 1961. Organizational

problems be-deviled it from inception. None of the board members appointed by the

Federal Government to run the Authority came from the Niger Delta.

The NDDB could not solve the problems of the Niger Delta enunciated in the Willink’s

Report.


Traditional Development Planning Cont’d.

The Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) was set up in

1992, but they also failed woefully. The Commission did not make any meaningful

impact on the lives and environment of the Niger Delta people. It was noted for its

profligacy , wastefulness and extravagance.

Contracts were awarded in anticipation of funds, with the result that contracts worth

billions of Naira were awarded that were not eventually backed with cash. At the time it

folded, the Commission owed its contractors billions of Naira and left the Niger Delta

with numerous abandoned projects.

Early eighties, 11 river basin development authorities were created; five now have

jurisdiction in the Niger Delta, including the Niger River Basin Development Authority,

the Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority, the Benin-Owena River Basin

Development Authority, the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority and the Cross

River Basin Development Authority. But these authorities also have had very little

impact.


Traditional Development Planning cont’d.

The boards often comprise politicians who have regarded their tenures as

opportunities to reap the ’dividends of democracy’. They have often been viewed as

drains on the nation’s finances.

In 1999, a new body, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was constituted

to take over from OMPADEC. To achieve its mandate, the NDDC board identified areas

of focus including: -

• development of social and physical infrastructures,

• technology,

• economic / environmental remediation and stability,

• human development,

• pursuit of a peaceful environment that allows tourism to thrive and supports a

buoyant culture,

The NDDC is facing some of the same problems with funding that plagued OMPADEC.

It is probably premature to assess the achievements of either the NDDC or similar state

initiatives.


Traditional Development Planning cont’d.

With the production of a Regional Master Plan for the Niger Delta, however, the

NDDC is at least poised for positive action on its founding objectives.

Earlier bodies had never managed or bothered to produce a plan, whether at

regional or sectoral levels. But the NDDC does not seem to have made any positive

impression on the peoples of the Niger Delta.

However, people still see the NDDC as an imposition from the Federal Government

and a top-down approach to development planning and implementation.

The local people had no say in determining its composition; it primarily comprises

appointees of the Federal Government.

As far as ordinary people are concerned, the loyalty of the NDDC is not to the Niger

Delta but to the Federal Government and the oil companies that provide the bulk of

its budget.


BEST INFRASTRUCTURE PROCUREMENT PRACTICE

Government Departments

PAC Representative

s

CDC Chairman &

Secretary

Women/ Youth

Representatives

Indigenous Community Contractors

Client

Network facilitator

and secretariat

WHAT IS TO BE DONE AND HOW IT SHALL BE DONE


WHAT IS TO BE DONE AND HOW IT SHALL BE DONE

Planning:

Usage of indigenous community nominated qualified

‘consultants / contractors’, various from each community.

Procedure cum procurement meetings / discussions.

Development and resource management – engagement – to

be used as a process of negotiation.


Implementation and Follow-up

Pre-Award / Kick-Off Meetings.

Key Actions to be taken: -

Scope objective to be firmed up.

Usage of work breakdown processes.

Quality specifications and scope defined.

Prepare preliminary plan and contract HSE and quality

assessment.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE AND HOW IT SHALL BE DONE CONT’D.


Pre-mobilization Inspection Checks

Man.

Machines.

Materials.

Money.

Non-Compliance.



Monitoring & Performance Evaluation:

Usage of appropriate procurement process, procedures

and doc.

Application of design review procedure.

Usage of codes and standards.

Agreement with service requirements.

Application of quality procedures.

Reviews and quality assurance / control records.

Have site inspection reports.

Close out and sign off.



WHAT MAY NOT WORK AND WHY?

- Incessant community crisis & disturbances.

- Threat and insecurity.

- Lack of community consultation / plans or other clear criteria for

infrastructures identification.

- Failure to incorporate social objectives in appraisal, design and

budget.

- Failure to plan and budget for operation and maintenance.

- Inflexible infrastructures procurement management strategies and

adversarial contract forms.


- Intense competition and selection.

- Vague and conflicting messages regarding

social obligations in contracts.

- Failure to address corruption.

- Few clear standards for social objectives and failure to monitor

and enforce the standards that exist.

- Confusion over the roles of the client and community

representatives.

- Community representatives focus on financial auditing with

minimal monitoring of infrastructures outcomes.

WHAT MAY NOT WORK AND WHY CONT’D.?


RECOMMENDATIONS / WAY FORWARD

- Project identification should be in line with indigenous

community, local or sector plans and based on community

consultation.

- The whole life cycle of infrastructure projects should be

considered during planning, design, operation and maintenance

strategy and developed.

- Social objectives should be clearly identified at the planning

stage and incorporated into the design.

- Funds should be set-aside in the budget.


- Consider alternative infrastructure procurement strategy.

- Social objective must be clearly defined in the tender

documents and explained at procedure meetings /

discussions.

- Attention should be paid to the bidder’s social performance

and capacity to deliver social obligations.

- Project team must agree best practice in contractual

mechanisms to deliver social objectives.

RECOMMENDATIONS / WAY FORWARD CONT’D.


- Procedure meetings / discussions should be done before the

client takes indigenous community contractor to site to

commence work.

- Contract obligations must be monitored and enforced through

incentives and / or sanctions.

- All audits should be conducted with the same rigour as financial

audits.

RECOMMENDATIONS / WAY FORWARD CONT’D.


- Decisions taken in the early stages of indigenous community

project.

- Participation of user groups at every stage of the management

process.

- Inclusion of obligations in contract documents that required

action on the part of the community contractor.

- Choice of projects strategy improve the delivery of the

infrastructure projects and achieved social development

objectives.

LESSONS


- Consideration of operation and maintenance at the design stage

of the infrastructure projects stimulates enhance ‘local

content’.

- Corruption Is a major inhibiting factor.

- Project advisor do need to be equipped with a range of best

practice and skills.

LESSONS CONT’D.


Quality of the planning is the foundation for the quality of the

subsequent stages.

Adequate attention shall be paid to quality issues at early stages.

Hazards and their effects to be fully identified and assessed,

controlled and recovery measures put in place to prevent or mitigate

an accidental loss of control.

Achieve accidents and fatalities free work which shall make

economic sense and save reputation.

CONCLUSION


We need infrastructures, but we need most importantly culturalconnections. Bridging Cultures and Sharing Hearts.

CONCLUSION CONT’D.

The development of the Niger Delta region is the development ofthe whole Nigeria.


Gradual rise in quality assurance during execution because of

good contract management.

Usage of appropriate procedures and documentation.

Application of design review procedure.

Usage of codes and standards.

Agreement with service requirements.

Application of quality procedures.

Carry out reviews and quality assurance / control recorded.

Have site inspection reports.




Promote peace as the foundation for socio-eco development.

Make local governance effective and responsive to the needs ofthe people.

Improve and diversify the economy.

Promote social inclusion and improve access to social services.

Promote environmental sustainability to preserve the means ofpeople’s sustainable livelihoods.

Build sustainable partnerships for the advancement of humandevelopment.



Ideology

Education

Technology & industrialization

Overhaul economy

Bank Internally

Export stated commodity

Halt car importation & halt motor assembling plants

Political re-structure

Ethnicity, tribe, language



- The decisions taken in the early stages of indigenous community

project have the greatest impact (negative or positive) cost and on the

achievement of indigenous community project objectives. The biggest

potential social impact probably lies in the choice of the indigenous

community project.

- The participation of user groups and civil society at every stage of

the management process from indigenous project identification right

through to completion, operation and maintenance, can increase the

social benefit derived.

Close out and sign off.

Always have supporting documents.



Advocacy is urgently needed to encourage social partnerships toform. Not all the development issues in this report are peculiar to thedelta region. They cut across the entire Nigerian nation, with manyareas afflicted by poor governance, conflicts, corruption,environmental degradation and social exclusion, albeit to varyingdegrees.

Achieving some of the goals in this agenda for the Niger Deltawould show the way forward on such issues of generic nationalinterest as leadership and governance, corruption, environmentalmanagement and others.

The human development agenda for the Niger Delta, therefore,carries hope for meaningful change for people both in the region andNigeria as a whole.


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NSE /HQ/COM/96/Vol.1 18TH December, 2013Engr. Jones Nwadike, MNSEOff Plot 148 Old Ph – Aba ExpresswayJapavisca Engineering Company LimitedSeat of Wisdom SchoolsMbano Camp, OyigboRivers State, Nigeria.

COMMENDATION LETTER FOR THE PAPER PRESENTED AT THE NIGERIANSOCIETY OF ENGINEERS (NSE) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, EXHIBITIONAND AGM, “ABUJA 2013”.

Dear Sir,

We Write to Commend You for the Paper You Presented at the NSE InternationalConference, Exhibition and Annual General Meeting Held between 9th – 13th

December, 2013 at the International Conference Center, Abuja Titled “RemoteSensing – Best Practice In Groundwater Hydrology”.The paper was perceived by the audience as a well researched and presented.While we appreciate your effort, kindly accept the assurance of our highest regards.Yours faithfully


WECC2015 ABSTRACT RESULT NOTIFICATION (ABSTRACT NO.20046)

To [email protected]

Apr 30

Dear Mr. Jones Nwadike

This is Secretariat for WECC2015.Thank you for your abstract submission.We are pleased to inform you that your abstract indicated below has been ACCEPTED for a POSTER SESSION.Your ID Number: 10046Your Abstract Number: 20046Track: 04: Urban Development and InfrastructureTopic: 06: Innovation for maintenance and renovation of sustainable civil infrastructureAbstract Title: AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF FINITE ELEMENTS FOR A PLANE ELASTIC CONTINUUM USING TRIANGULAR ELEMENTSPresenting Author: Mr. Jones NwadikeShould you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Secretariat for WECC2015.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Sincerely yours,---------------------------------------------------------------Secretariat for WECC2015 - Call for Papersc/o Congress CorporationE-mail: [email protected]


Dear Mr. Jones Nwadike,

Thank you very much for your continuous support for WECC2015.This is the Secretariat for WECC2015.

We are contacting you today to inform you some update information regarding the Poster Session, Registration and the Full Paper Submission.

1. Poster SessionPoster Session will be taken place for 2 days on December 1 (Tue.) and December 2 (Wed.), 2015.

Allocations are made by the Track/Topic you have selected.Your ID Number: 10046Your Abstract Number: 20046

Track/Topic you have selected: PS 4‐6

Date of your poster session: December 2 (Wed.), 2015


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