Transport and Telecommuting: Opportunities and Challenges Post COVID-19

Mohammed Ameer, momoh Omuya Muyideen, Mohammed T. Abba, Muhammed Dauda, Obari Adeiza Johnson

Abstract


Every viable business seeks to maintain its profiles of profit margins for sustainability and retention of competitive edge in the industry. However, the invasion of the nations of the world by the COVID-19 pandemic nearly sent all business goals in Nigeria to a perpetual sink. This is because many organizations could not adjust positively and timely to the stay-at-home order by the government which was made to curtail the spread and effects of the pandemic. It is noteworthy that only a few organizations have systematized telecommuting as an integral part of their organizations before the pandemic could retain their businesses and employees. However, many businesses were forced to adopt telecommuting as the work-from-home order persisted in order to set their organizations on balance. Hence, the impact of the pandemic has necessitated for a flexible business setting in both private and public organizations. This paper presents a parallel comparison of benefits and challenges of telecommuting and commuting in Nigerian in three time dimensions-before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.


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