PROJECT DELIVERY AND HUMAN CAPACITY BUILDING: LONG LASTING INSECTICIDE TREATED BED NETS DELIVERY IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA.

Ojo, Oyewale Julius

Department of Project Management Technology,

The Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

E-mail: oyewalejuliuss@gmail.com

Abstract: The study examined the impact of project delivery and human capacity building on long lasting insecticide treated bed nets delivery in Osun State, Nigeria. This was with a view to determining the extent to which project deliverables and objectives met stakeholder’s expectations. Also to determine what went right, what went wrong and what to do differently in future. The study covered 70 wards in the state. The research instrument used was questionnaire. It elicited information on the issues such as factors responsible for the achievement of the project objectives, factors responsible for the satisfaction of the project delivered and challenges faced during project execution. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results indicated among others that the project plan contained all required components as listed in the goals and objectives of the project (4.73), execution team members reacted to the chemical used for production and preservation of the mosquito nets (4.80), possibilities of attending to one person twice (2.19), project delivery method achieved the quality standards defined in the quality management plan (2.13), and motivation of the execution team members by the project sponsors (2.03) were low. The study concluded that the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) launching that took place in the focus States should have taken place first before any other States in Nigeria.