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Occupational Hazards Among Hawkers
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1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Over
the past few decades, employment in the informal sector has
risenrapidly in most regions of the developing countries including
Nigeria. The reason for this has been the failure of the formal sector,
which has traditionally been m important source of employment generation
to absorb the multitudes of semi-¬skilled and unskilled persons to the
city of Lagos State and due to tile weakness of the government and
modern private sector to generate adequate employment in recent years.
Street
traders face more routine occupational hazards as well. Many must 1ft
heavy loads of goods to and from their point of sale each day. The
physical environments in which they work typically lack proper
infrastructure, such clean running water, toilets, and solid waste
removal. Street vendors' are exposed to physical harm from the improper
provision of fire safety equipment and the improper regulation of
traffic in commercial areas. They are also exposed to a high
concentration of air pollutants and to inclement weather. These physical
risks take a particular toll on young children who must accompany their
mothers to vend in the streets.
According to Palmer (2007) support
for skills development in the informal economy, which is by far the
largest destination for school leavers, is virtually non-existent,
hence, the most important issue being highlighted in relation to the
phenomenon of street hawking is the issue of skills training and
development to improve the status of these hawkers and to remove them
from the situations they find themselves in being on the street. Despite
the benefits of easier access to retail goods that the hawkers provide
to drivers, motorists and pedestrians, there are high costs to their
presence on the street.
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
In this study, attempt will be made to provide answers to the following questions
· What are the factors responsible for increase in hawking in pen cinema area, Agege?
· Is there any law that safeguard or prevent hawkers from commercial drivers in the traffic in Lagos state?
· What are the health challenges or risks hawkers are exposed to?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research project tends to examine Occupational Hazards among Hawkers in Pen Cinema Area of Agege, Lagos State.Survey design was employed with the use of a well structured questionnaire. Respondents were selected based on simple random sampling technique. Sample size of One Hundred (100) respondents were selected from the staff of 7up Bottling Company Plc.Three hypotheses were formulated and tested with the use of Chi-Square analysis. The analysis resulted to rejecting all null hypotheses an ... Continue reading---
