Analysis of Transport and Logistics Education Regulations and Economic Development in Nigeria

摘要

Transport and logistics education capacity development and growth are very vital to redressing the pervasive chaotic transportation scene in many developing countries, including Nigeria and needed to stimulate socio-economic development of the countries. The paper looks at impact of Transport and Logistic education trend on the economy of Nigeria by relating the available institutions of the discipline in the country to some basic indicators of development such as the logistics performance index, gross domestic product nominal, gross domestic product per capital and Human Development Index. The conventional correlation analysis is used to establish the relationship among the variables for 10 year period with a view to understanding the growth in the graduates of the disciplines and the institutions that offer the programmes in relation to the economic growth and development of the country. The findings show that there is positive relationship among indices of economic development, however reveal negative but significant relationship between graduates and Institutions of Logistics and Transport, indicating that training is very important to the development of the country. It further shows that most Logistics and Transport firms do not place premium on the certification and qualification of employees with transport and logistics certificate background, hence recruited more people without Logistics and Transport knowledge/skills background. The paper advocates for more efforts to sustain the trend in getting more institutions offering transport and logistics graduate programmes to address the human capacity gap in the discipline and profession in the country and its economic growth and development.