The Socio-Economic Impact of Bus Transport Enterprises in Benin –City, 1978-2018

Abstract

This paper discusses the emergence and impact of bus transport enterprises in Benin-City from 1978 to 2018. The traditional or pre- colonial means of transportation in Benin-City involved the use of human porterage and water transport before the emergence of  modern means of transportation. People in Benin transported themselves from their homes to farms, markets and other social economic  activities by the use of human porterage. They also use local canoes to move on rivers and for the conveyance of their goods.  However, in the colonial period, the British introduced modern means of transportation in Nigeria areas including Benin. This paper has  shown that there emerged a group of transport entrepreneurs who ventured into road transportation service to meet the increasing  demands of travellers in Benin in 1978. They have transformed the road transport sub-sector and played immense role in the  development of the economy in Benin-City.