Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria
Public transport has a significant influence for the successful economic advancement of a nation. Scarce transportation system restricts the populace potential to take advantage of its natural resources, the distribution of goods and other processed products. Therefore, transportation bears the most...
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| author | Ahmed Belel, Zaheeda Ahmed Belel, Waheeda Abubakar, Mahmoud Hijab Belel Ahmed, Zainab Daud, Zawawi Awang, Halizah |
| author_facet | Ahmed Belel, Zaheeda Ahmed Belel, Waheeda Abubakar, Mahmoud Hijab Belel Ahmed, Zainab Daud, Zawawi Awang, Halizah |
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| description | Public transport has a significant influence for the successful economic advancement of a nation. Scarce transportation system restricts the populace potential to take advantage of its natural resources, the distribution of goods and other processed products. Therefore, transportation bears the most premise for growth and economic development in general. The study appraises the effect of Transportation system on the economic advancement of Fufore local government area in Nigeria. The study encompasses five villages which were chosen using multistage sampling technique. About 105 interviewee were also selected and a set of questionnaires administered using random method. Descriptive statistical analysis was used on data obtained. The results of the evaluation indicated that 44.79% of the respondents were farmers. It also revealed that the prevailing mode of transportation in the area is by motorcycles which accompanied by lack of good roads, as more than 65.63% of roads in the area are in a bad condition, makes accessibility to good markets by the respondents difficult for their farm produce, which indirectly also aggravated the cost of transportation. This treand was discovered to have affected the economic activities of the populace thereby increasing the level of poverty in communities of the area. The development of new roads and maintenance of existing ones is recommended to minimise cost of transportation of goods and services thereby abating poverty and fostering economic prosperity |
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| spelling | uthm.eprints-60202022-01-26T02:20:14Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6020/ Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria Ahmed Belel, Zaheeda Ahmed Belel, Waheeda Abubakar, Mahmoud Hijab Belel Ahmed, Zainab Daud, Zawawi Awang, Halizah TA170-171 Environmental engineering Public transport has a significant influence for the successful economic advancement of a nation. Scarce transportation system restricts the populace potential to take advantage of its natural resources, the distribution of goods and other processed products. Therefore, transportation bears the most premise for growth and economic development in general. The study appraises the effect of Transportation system on the economic advancement of Fufore local government area in Nigeria. The study encompasses five villages which were chosen using multistage sampling technique. About 105 interviewee were also selected and a set of questionnaires administered using random method. Descriptive statistical analysis was used on data obtained. The results of the evaluation indicated that 44.79% of the respondents were farmers. It also revealed that the prevailing mode of transportation in the area is by motorcycles which accompanied by lack of good roads, as more than 65.63% of roads in the area are in a bad condition, makes accessibility to good markets by the respondents difficult for their farm produce, which indirectly also aggravated the cost of transportation. This treand was discovered to have affected the economic activities of the populace thereby increasing the level of poverty in communities of the area. The development of new roads and maintenance of existing ones is recommended to minimise cost of transportation of goods and services thereby abating poverty and fostering economic prosperity Penerbit UTHM 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6020/1/AJ%202018%20%28970%29.pdf Ahmed Belel, Zaheeda and Ahmed Belel, Waheeda and Abubakar, Mahmoud Hijab and Belel Ahmed, Zainab and Daud, Zawawi and Awang, Halizah (2018) Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria. International Journal of Integrated Engineering, 10 (8). pp. 14-26. ISSN 2229-838X |
| spellingShingle | TA170-171 Environmental engineering Ahmed Belel, Zaheeda Ahmed Belel, Waheeda Abubakar, Mahmoud Hijab Belel Ahmed, Zainab Daud, Zawawi Awang, Halizah Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria |
| title | Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria |
| title_full | Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria |
| title_short | Socio-economic development of transportation in Fufore, Nigeria |
| title_sort | socio economic development of transportation in fufore nigeria |
| topic | TA170-171 Environmental engineering |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6020/1/AJ%202018%20%28970%29.pdf |
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