Consequences And Evaluation Of The Involvement Of Foreign Companies In Road Constriction
[A CASE STUDY OF KWARA STATE.]

1.1     STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Due to the weak  sub base soil of many road  in our country, inspection carried out on our road surface shows that the nearly all the roads are in poor condition and this has lead to promotion of rutting or longitudinal grooves in a road surface which consequently lead to the premature failure.
1.2     AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The aims and objectives of this project include the following.
a.     To compare the organization setting of the local contractors with foreign companies with the aims of knowing the difference in their services.
b.    To find out the external factors that are affecting the performance of these foreign companies.
c.    To ascertain if their code of practice is really suitable for the Nigeria soil.
d.    To identify the consequences of these foreign companies most especially on security and health.
e.    To draw conclusions from the results so as to be able to recommend it standard to the Nigeria government.
1.3     JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
When most of the soil for construction work (road work) is well compacted and as well having a suitable moisture content, they possess a load bearing capacity to carry any form of load but later become unfit or unsuitable for use when the moisture content present is increased, which mostly occur in the raining season.
1.4    SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The scope of this project covers the consequences and evaluation of the involvement of foreign companies on road construction in Kwara state which include or involve knowing how this foreign companies carry out their operation and their shortcoming, also to compare their organizational setting with our own local indigenous contractor, and finally to know why government prefer patronizing or giving out contract on road construction to these foreign companies in Kwara state since Kwara state is the main case study.
1.5    STUDY AREA
          Since the project involve foreign companies in Kwara state, ilorin which is the state capital was choosen as the main case study because part of these foreign companies have their branches here.
Ibadan oyo state was also choosen because of the relationship of this foreign companies with order multinational and local communities.
Kwara state ministry or works was also choosen, since the ministry grants contract to these companies in Kwara state. Here questionnaires will be distributed to the consultant firm in Kwara state.   
1.6     METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
The methods employed for the work undertaken includes physical survey and data collection. This was done by:
1.     The interview of selected foreign companies. The companies are buletine construction company Kwara state, Reynolds construction company nig ltd, chalvet construction company, where useful information was given for the preparation of questionnaires.
2.    A visit and interview of selected government establishment in charge of granting of major road construction contract to know why they prefer patronizing the foreign contractors to the local ones, here questionnaires will be distributed to these establishments for them to fill.
3.    A visit to our own local (indigenous company) and some consultant firms to get to know thes ways in which they execute their operations and compare it with their foreign counterparts with the view of knowing their differences and short comings were questionnaires will also be distributed.
1.7 RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY
The project title is ‘Consequences and Evaluation on the involvement of Foreign Companies on Road Construction in Kwara state. This title is important because of the importance of highways and roads to the socio-economic activities, in Nigeria in particular and to the world in general.
Since we know that these foreign companies are really involved in road construction in Nigeria details of the aftermath of these companies will be elaborated by questionnaires, which will be distributed to some foreign companies and government establishment and these result will be evaluated and final conclusion will be made.