Abstract
This paper examined the Appraisal of the Legal Frameworks for Public Private Partnership to Assess the Performance of Nigerian Ports and that of Singapore and China. The paper found out that the Nigerian ports sector faced numerous challenges in recent years, including inefficiencies, corruption, and poor infrastructure. The central aim of this paper was to appraise the legal frameworks promoting the utilization of Public Private Partnership for port development in Nigeria. The paper adopted the doctrinal method of research with primary sources of information drawn from legislations and case laws, while the secondary sources were drawn from journal articles, textbooks, periodicals, and internet sources. The paper identified problems affecting the use of public private partnership to develop Nigerian ports to include the cost of doing business is generally high due to inefficiency in port operation and poor port management. Thus, relying on funding from the federal government to improve port operation and management, the likelihood of our ports becoming competitive within the African Continental Free Trade Agreement framework alone will not be feasible and many other challenges found out amongst others that the existing legal frameworks in Nigeria for Public Private Partnership for port Development are not comprehensive and does not cover all aspects of port development. The paper recommended amongst others that despite these limitations, the legal frameworks for assessing the performance of Nigerian ports can be strengthened by improving the collection and analysis of data on port development and with lessons drawn from other jurisdictions such as Singapore and China.
Prof. S. C. Dike, Edemumoh A. Essang, Esq, & Olanrewaju, Oluwasemilore
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