Effects of Ongoing Road Renewal Project on Employment Opportunity in Minna Metropolis

Ojekunle Joel Ademola, Paul ThankGod

Abstract


This study assesses the effect of the ongoing road renewal project in Minna on employment. The study adopted a descriptive research design and a multistage sampling technique to select 334 respondents comprised of residents from different areas of ongoing or recently concluded road construction projects. Questionnaire was adopted as instrument for data collection while descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted for data analysis. Results revealed that the despite negatively affecting residents’ job, road construction provided temporary employment opportunities for residents with a p-value of 0.001. The study recommended that compensation should be given to those who lost their jobs due to construction activities while temporarily employed staffs should be retained and transferred to other sector to ensure job continuity post construction. 


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