Effect of Public Projects’ Failure on Infrastructural Development in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract:

The primary concern of infrastructural development is to improve and raise both the standard and quality of life. However, the consistent and worrisome failure creates several effects on infrastructural development. In the current dispensation of the global economy, there is an indication that infrastructural development is fast becoming a central issue in the area of sustainable development. This is a sequel to the fact that infrastructural development is an indispensable factor in sustainable development goals in project management. Hence, investigating the effects of public projects’ failure on infrastructural development is inevitable. In achieving the objectives of this work, a well-structured questionnaire was developed. One hundred and Twenty (120) copies of the questionnaire were distributed across the eighteen (18) Local Government Areas of the State. However, one hundred (110) copies of the questionnaire, representing 91.7%, were returned and found suitable for analysis. The respondents include Engineers, Community leaders, Civil servants and General Public. The data analysis used includes simple descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that economic deficit and poverty increased with a mean of 3.83, followed by lack of social amenities (3.78), poor standard of living (3.72), inability to meet citizen’s needs (3.40), visual effects (3.14) was the effect of public projects poor performance on infrastructural development. Moreover, the results further showed an increase in security risk (2.97), an abode for criminal activities (2.97), and poor urban development (2.78) as an additional effect. The study recommends effective monitoring and proper evaluation of public projects. Policies that support infrastructural projects development continuity is also imperative and should be legislated to improve the infrastructural development in the study area and the nation.