Road Hazards and Human Resources Productivity in Nigeria
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2017
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Jurnal Intelek
Abstract
Transport is a major key factor in modern economies. In fact, cities and transport have developed hand-inhand
since the earliest large human settlements. Problems such as road congestions and other forms of road
hazards hinder the objective of human resource productivity and transportation systems. This paper however,
examined the impact of roads hazards on human resources productivity in Nigeria. The respondents
were made up of drivers, passengers, pedestrians, security officers, market women and men, and farmers.
Thirty-five (35) respondents were selected at strategic areas through stratified and simple random sampling
techniques from each selected areas of the states under study. Z-score statistical tool was adopted. It was
concluded that road hazards has negative effects on the productivity of human resources in Nigeria. The
study, therefore, recommended that road hazards can be drastically reduced by embarking on various prevention
and implementation of strategies such as: implement mobility management, improving traffic
operations, etc.
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human resources, road hazards, productivity, Nigeria
Citation
11(2): 11-16