The Changing Nature of Intra-City Transportation in Sokoto Metropolis: A Case Study of Motorcycle (Kabu-Kabu) Hire Purchase

Umar Muhammad Gummi, Dr. Maria Abdullahi and Dr. Murtala Marafa
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Umar Muhammad Gummi: Department of Economics, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Dr. Maria Abdullahi: Department of Economics, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Dr. Murtala Marafa: Department of History, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022, vol. 06, issue 02, 111-116

Abstract: Intra-city transportation system is an indispensible means of movement of persons and their goods within the city. In Sokoto metropolis, it has contributed and still contributing to the development of the socio-economic activities of the people. Motorcycle or Kabu-kabu is one of the means of intra-city transport within the metropolis. The role of commercial motorcycle (kabu-kabu) in Sokoto metropolis is to compliment the services of other Para-transit modes of transport such as tricycles and buses, in moving passengers and goods from one point to another. It is noteworthy that despite its limitation, Kabu-kabu has come to stay as a viable mode of transport in the metropolis. This became so because it is a means of employment opportunities by a good number of youths who had formal education. The upsurge in the fleet of commercial motorcycles in the metropolis is a clear testimony of the increasing demands for this mode of public transport as well as the employment opportunities it has brought to the teeming youths in the metropolis. The study concluded that the contribution of this mode of intra-city transportation (kabu-kabu) to the development of the metropolis social, economically and politically cannot be overemphasized.

Date: 2022
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