CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR PUBLICPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) IN AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

Nigeria is among the countries that have applied Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the development and operation of airport passenger terminal buildings. However, research attention has not really been give to indentifying the key success factors for such projects. This study therefore examined the critical success factors (CSFs) for PPP in airport infrastructure provisioning using the Murtala Mohammed Airport terminal (MMA2) building in Lagos airport as a case study. The research was based on documentary analysis and oral interviews with officials in four partner organisations including government agencies and private sector entity involved in this project. Content analysis involving the use of Nvivo 12 was used to analyse the data. It was found that the build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession was the type of PPP used in the project. Totally, 14 CSFs were identified in the study, but the top four were availability of a viable funding structure; transparent procurement process, appropriate risk allocation/sharing and cost recovery. This study implies that for a successful adoption of PPP in the airport the development and operation of passenger terminal buildings, intended partners should give adequate attention to the factors identified in this study