Management Problems Of Petroleum Products In Nigeria

MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA

 (A CASE STUDY OF PIPLINE AND PRODUCT MARKETING COMPANY ENUGU).

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Certification

Acknowledgement

Abstract

List

Table of content

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1            Background of the study

1.2            Historical background of case study

1.3            Statement of problems

1.4            Objective of the study

1.5            Hypotheses formulation

1.6            Significance of the study

1.7            Scope of the study

1.8            Limitation of the study

1.9            Definition of term

References

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE RENEW

2.1            Purpose of public enterprises

2.2            The history and growth of public enterprises

2.3            Structure of the public enterprises

2.4            Problems of public enterprises

2.5            Economic factors

2.6            Financial problems/ms management

2.7            Political factors

2.8            Ethnicity problem

2.9            Nigeria work attitudes

2.10       Administrative factors

2.11       Operational technical factors

2.12       Summary of the review

Reference

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1            Sources of data

3.2            Research instrument

3.3            Population sampling and sampling technique

3.4            Methods of investigation

3.5            Reliability of instrument

3.6            Data press

3.7            Method of analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

          PRESENTATION ANALYSIS

4.1            Data presentation and analysis

4.2            Testing of the hypotheses

CHAPTER FIVE

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1            Summary of findings

5.2            Conclusion

5.3            Recommendations

Bibliography

Appendix: questionnaire.  

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1            BACKGROUND OF STUDY

In any developing economy, the government is the main initiator and promoter economic development, especially in Nigeria.  In developing countries, governments usually intervene some areas of the economic in which the private sector cannot perform, according to Abubalar (1986) in order to facilitate the federal government has instituted and made use of many public enterprises over the years.

It would be recalled however that in the fifties and sixties, agriculture was the main stay of the Nigeria economy.  The early seventies earned for Nigeria loge enude oil revenue at a level that never was anticipated.  This new dimension got government involved more with videly diversified investments in areas that span both the traditional public sector and exclusive private sector business. 

As a result of this development in chide oil, agriculture that was the main stay of our economy was later given less attention. Owing to this circumstance, the government investments were sponsored mostly by the oil revenues.  The oil boom era (1974-1979) has been described as the golden era for public investment.  The government invested in over 30 parastatals and companies within this period.  Most of them have been unprofitable, some cannot even meet their operating costs and have depended on government subventions for their year to year survival.

Public co-operations in Nigeria have been considered inefficient and wistful.  This is because they have viewed it with the profit criterion.  Kindleberger (1986) however Hinks that this is not a fair judgment, economic activities, it is usually not appropriate to use the performance standard of the private sector “they are hoses is different colours, the objective of private business is profit,