ABSTRACT

This study principally seeks to examine the problems of privatization and commercialization of public enterprises in Enugu state  for this purpose, two privatized corporation were used for the study.  These are Ebonyi Paints and Vanguard Industries Limited.  In understanding this research, questionnaires were administered among the staff of the two corporations used for the study.  One hundred and forty questionnaires were administered to the various categories of the staff of the corporation. From the empirical data gathered and analysed, the study has shown among other that.

1. Government ownership and control of public enterprises in Enugu state had their inefficiency, loss and unprofitability.

2.  This efficiency, loss and unprofitably which characterized the public enterprises and which created the excuse for their privatization emanated from the government’s undue intervention in the day-to-day running of these enterprises.

3. This intervention took different forms which includes the imposition of uncommercial policies, appointment of unqualified personal, and the control of prices at which products sere sold among others.

4. The public enterprises where operating at a loss before privatization and there, very unproductive, unprofitable and consequently, constituted a financial burden on the government, hence their privatization.

5. The privatization exercise has endangered efficiency, productivity and profitability.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE                                                                 II

APPROVAL PAGE                                                       III

DEDICATION                                                               IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                                              V

ABSTRACT                                                                  VI

TABLE CONTENTS                                                     VIII

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION                                                          1

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY                                3

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS                            

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY                                 6

RESEARCH QUESTIONS                                             7

THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY                                       7

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW                                               9

THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES               9

REASONS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT  OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES                                          12

REASONS FOR PRIVATIZATION IN NIGERIA          17

PROSPECTS OF PRIVATIZATION IN NIGERIA         21

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD                          26

SOURCE OF DATA                                                      26

POPULATION OF THE STUDY                                   26

SAMPLE SIZE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE           27

METHOD OF DATA                                                     27

DISTRIBUTION OF INSTRUMENT USED                  28

METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS                                  28

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

CHAPTER FIVE

FINDING, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION