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The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which transport companies in Nigeria abide by National Transport Policy in strategic decisions making. Survey research method was adopted and questionnaire was data collection instrument. The data analysis revealed that overall mean score was 3.38 on a 5-Point Likert Scale which was greater than the expected value of 3.00. Test of hypothesis using analysis of variance (ANOVA) F-Test procedure at 5 percent level of significance, indicated that the F-calculated was 10.64 with significant probability of < 0.0001 which was less than 0.05, thus the null hypothesis was rejected at 5 percent level of significance. Therefore, it was concluded that there were significant differences in the perception of the topmost, middle and lowest ranked workers of the transport companies on the extent to which the transport companies in Nigeria abide by the National Transport Policy in strategic decisions-making.
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National Transport Policy: Do Nigeria's Companies Abide by the Policy in Strategic Decision?
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1. IntroductionIn Africa, including Nigeria, the importance of transport to the economies cannot be over-emphasized. Mbara (2002) argues that transport is central to development, since a good transport system is required to support the livelihood of the people. For instance, workers need to reach their places of work on time and in comfort; goods for the economic well being of the society have to be transported and distributed as when due. Moreover, transport sector is closely associated with mobile life styles and material attributes, such as the private car ownership, which are conceived as attractive by many, worldwide.Aside from these benefits, transport systems have a number of adverse effects on the environment which Schipper and Erickson (1995) refer to as eight deadly sins of automobile comprising: Safety problems, Air pollution, Spatial issues such as parking asphalt and sprawl, Congestion and access, Hulks, Noise, CO2 emissions and Energy use The eight deadly sins of automobile create pressure, obviously on human welfare. Thus, doubts are aired as to whether transport, in fact, can be made compatible with the notion of sustainable development (Gudmundesson and HÖjer, 1996).In Nigeria, in order to deal with the threat on human welfare, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) through Federal Ministry of Transport (FMT) in 1993 introduced National Transport Policy (NTP). The NTP essentially, contains two major thrusts:i. Assuring that transport services are adequate to meet the social and econom...See the full content of this document
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