Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Management

Advisor

John Kitoko

Abstract

AbstractNigeria is Africa’s largest oil and gas producer; however, its petroleum industry has experienced mismanagement and a lack of coherent regulations. The general problem addressed in this study was that leaders and managers of Nigeria’s public sector did not have a strong system in place to create and implement regulatory strategies that effectively controlled the management of the petroleum sector. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of managers in developing petroleum regulatory strategies defined by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, FMPR, in Abuja, Nigeria. The realization concept was applied as a conceptual framework for this study, which focused the investigation on the specific features, functioning, and lived experiences of managers when advancing and executing regulatory agency strategies affecting the Nigeria Downstream Petroleum Industry (NDPI.) A qualitative phenomenological research design was used to obtain data from the senior and middle managers of regulatory agencies under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, including data obtained from an interview questionnaire, existing literature, and a set of semi-structured interviews from a sample of 20 participants. Key findings indicated that while all participants were in agreement that self-interest, corruption, mismanagement, and political interference were overwhelming and led to a weak overall regulatory framework, they all agreed that there is a pressing need to improve the process of strategy in the regulatory management of the NDPI .The study may lead to positive social change because it may offer knowledge and best management practices that both private and public institutions could emulate, and improve the operations of the NDPI.

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