International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-2S9, September 2019 57 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: B10140982S919/2019©BEIESP DOI:10.35940/ijrte.B1014.0982S919 Abstract: Public private partnership was introduce by the Nigerian Government as an option to end the current crisis of housing shortage and affordable housing in the country. The aim of this paper is to identify the critical success factors of PPP for provision of affordable housing in Abuja. Based on the current studies PPP has not made any significant contribution to housing for low-income earners; rather it is suddenly change towards providing housing for high- and middle-income earners. The paper relies on interview with PPP expert to build up questionnaire survey on success factors of PPP for affordable housing in Nigeria. In total, 254 responses were obtain and analyzed using smart PLS to determine the success factors of PPP for affordable housing in Abuja. The results reveals that there are Six key component success factors of PPP for affordable housing provision in Abuja, this include; Strong Government support, access to alternative fund, favorable investment environment, available of competent personnel, transparency procurement process, and open communication among others. It therefore suggests that government should strongly provide a policies to support the success of PPP for affordable housing provision in Abuja, and also provide a means of subsidy to promote PPP toward provision of affordable housing. Therefore, it’s recommended that a good framework on affordable housing using PPP should put in place for a successful affordable housing provision. Index Terms: Critical Success Factors, Public Private Partnership, Affordable housing, Abuja, Nigeria. I. INTRODUCTION Rural urban migration and the massive increase in population are the serious challenges affecting the capacity of most government in providing adequate and affordable housing in the developing countries. The United nation (2014), has projected that by the year 2050 urban population will increase to about 2.5 billion of people with about 90% increase in developing countries like Sub saharah Africa and Asia because there are poorest region in the world. Consequently, the challenges of housing provision in Nigeria today have become more complicated particularly among the low income group who have the largest urban population (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1991). After several effort by the Nigerian government since after independence in 1960 to solved the challenges of housing provision, the government fail to meet up with the Revised Manuscript Received on September 22, 2019. Yahaya Ahmed, Faculty of Built Environment and surveying, Department of Property Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia , yahmednas1@gmail.com Ibrahim Atan Bin Sipan, Faculty of Built Environment and surveying, Department of Property Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. challenges to provide adequate and affordable housing in the country (Awotona 1990; Oruwari 2006) Considering the fact that housing situation is worsening in Nigeria, several elements are consider as the main factors of an increase in housing declines in sub-Saharan Africa cities, this includes strict land use and use policies and discrimination; lack of coordination of public housing agencies; and high cost of construction materials and legislation (Ademiluyi and Raji, 2008). Rondinelli (1990) found that the failure of Nigeria and some sub Saharah cities to cope with the housing need in their perspectives area. As stated by African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD, 2005, p. 5), African region is unable to meet up with the housing crisis for their inability to transform their organizations and values to the dynamic positive situation. This suggests that both the public and private sectors in the African region have adopted incorrect organization framework and a non-functional housing delivery system in the past, and therefore, housing challenges in the continent have increased rapidly. Among the international development agencies that are involved in housing is, the United Nations Global Strategic Organization Shelter that advised that African countries including Nigeria to withdraw from housing as it is unable to meet the growing housing demand due to wrong approach adopted to address quantitative and qualitative shortages. The present housing situation in Nigeria and other developing nations brought in picture that the provision of housing and other infrastructural facility cannot be provided by the government along to the citizens, rather partnership with private developers as advice by the united nation as alternative solution to housing crisis. However, on the UN recommended to African countries to put more responsibility for housing provision in the private sector through Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) (Ibem and Aduwo, 2012). Miraftab (2004) found that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) awere recognized as the arrangement of alternative institutions and approaches to civil service in cities in developing countries. In housing provision, PPP is promoted on the assumption that it will increase the interest of housing sector capabilities, and the expansion of housing capabilities and facilities (Shelter Afrique, 2008). Based on this recommendation the Nigerian government in 2004 adopted the PPP in the proposal to Critical Success Factors of Public Private Partnership for Affordable Housing in Nigeria Yahaya Ahmed, Ibrahim Atan Bin Sipan