The Association of Practising Professional Project Managers of Nigeria (APPPMON) has declared that Nigeria ranks as the highest country with failed projects in the world.
The association, which also said that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has over 13,000 abandoned projects in the Niger Delta region, however, disclosed that its new initiative, the APPPMON Body of Knowledge and Innovation (ABOKI) will address issues of failed projects in the country.
A senior official of the association and lead editor of ABOKI Research Project, Dr. Inemi Stephen, spoke on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during the unveiling of the new initiative.
Stephen described the new initiative as a response to negative project abandonment in the country, saying that with ABOKI, Nigerian projects will be explainable in the near future.
He said, “It is not an exaggeration that over 13,000 projects have been abandoned by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). These estimates are just for tangible projects.
“Nigeria is called a project management graveyard on today, we see a project landscape dotted with abandoned projects, cost overruns, or policy. Trillions has been lost to failed or abandoned projects.
“ABOKI is not a religious, racist, ethnic, tribal or cultural initiative. It is a product of research, interdisciplinary collaboration excelled in every field of human endeavour.
“It is a response to the negative narrative of failed projects in the country. It is a Nigerian innovation—designed by Nigerians professionals, tested against Nigerian realities.”
