Influence of Resource Capability on the National Transport Policy Implementation in Nigeria

Abstract

The objective of this study is to examine the extent to which available resources in Nigeria’s Transport Industry are adequate and appropriate for the implementation of National Transport Policy (NTP). The study was carried out in selected transport firms in Nigeria and survey research method was employed. The instrument for data gathering was structured questionnaire and a random sample of 127 (or 68.28%) transport firms were selected for the study out of a population 168 registered luxury bus and shipping firms in Nigeria. From the sample all available managers in the firms were studied giving a total of 1,270 managers in the 127 firms. For completeness 400 non transport workers were included in the study. Therefore a total number of 1,670 copies of questionnaire were administered to the respondents out of which 1,452 completed copies were returned giving a response rate of 86.95%. Data collected were analyzed using means procedure and hypothesis was tested with the aid of one sample Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that the extent to which the available resources in Nigeria’s transport industry were adequate and appropriate for implementation of National Transport policy (NTP) was significantly above average. Based on the findings, it was logically concluded that the available resources in the Nigerian transport industry were adequate as well as appropriate for the implementation of the National Transport Policy (NTP]. To this effect it was recommended that the NTP be modified to increase the salience of the policy goals, for the transport organizations if further strides towards sustainable transportation are to be made in Nigeria.

Keywords: Nigeria Transport Policy, resource, capability, sustainable transportation, implementation.