Assessment of the Contributions of Automobile Mechanic Services to Job Creation and Income Generation in Urban Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Yunusa M., Musa I. Jauro, Rauf O. Yusuf

Abstract


Automobile mechanic services have an observable presence in urban Zaria but available studies have not empirically investigated their contributions to job creation and income generation in the Zaria economy which is a gap filled by this study. Specifically, the positive contributions of automobile mechanic services towards job creation and income generation in the study area were assessed. Questionnaires were used for data collection from 345 respondents (made up of auto-mechanics, auto-electricians, auto-body panel beaters, auto-wheel workers and auto-spray painters) under the auspices of the National Automotive Technician Association (NATA) in the study area. Simple random and stratified sampling techniques were used to administer questionnaires to the respondents. The data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between the activities of automobile mechanic services to job creation in the study area with R square and Adjusted R square values of 0888, 0.788 and 0.783 greater than the R standard value of 0.400. Moreso, automobile mechanic services have a significant effect on income generation in the study area with R square and Adjusted R square values of 0.831, 0.691 and 0.682 not greater than the R standard value of 0.400. The study concluded that there was a statistically significant (P<0.05) variation in the extent to which automobile mechanic service contributes to job creation and income generation in the study area. It was recommended that mechanic villages are needed in the study area to address the problems of the exorbitant cost of workshop rental, haphazard relocation of workshops and improve patronage of their services; also government need to enforce the regulations to end importation of substandard automobile spare parts to ease scarcity and reduce operational cost.


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