ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRACTICES ADOPTED BY AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS IN DWINDLING ECONOMY IN ABUJA AND NIGER STATE, NIGERIA

Abubakar Saidu Arah, Mohammed Elmahmud, Usman Afuwagi Mohammed, Alhassan Mohammed Ibrahim

Abstract


The purpose of the study was to identify the entrepreneurship practices adopted by automobile mechanics in dwindling economy in Abuja and Niger state, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised to guide the study and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .5 level of significant. The design used was descriptive survey research design. Simple Random Sampling Technique (SRST) was used to select a sample size of 100 respondents that consisted of 50 automobile mechanics from Abuja and 50 from Niger State from a population of 412. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The internal consistency of the items on the instrument was found to be .88 using Cronbach’s Alpha method. Data collected were analysed using mean and z-test. The findings revealed among others that automobile mechanics in Abuja and Niger State adopt advertising services, relating with customers, staff management, creative and imaginative, use of social and mass media, good accounting practices, money management, keeping track of customers’ record, time management, development and recognizing opportunities, negotiation practice in dwindling economy. It was therefore recommended that, automobile mechanics should adopt market research on latest tools and methods, business plan development practice and record keeping of sales and purchases practice in dwindling economy.

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