Small Scale Enterprises and Job Creation in Bayelsa State, Nigeria: A Study of Commercial Motorcycle Business in Amassoma and Ogobiri Communities, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area

The study empirically evaluated Small Scale Enterprises (Commercial Motorcycle Business) and Job Creation in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study used primary data collected from 134 commercial motorcyclists randomly selected from a population of 401 commercial motorcyclists in the study areas. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used in analyzing and testing the hypotheses. The study revealed that commercial motorcycle business has a significant impact on the social and economic lives of the operators thereby improving the communities’ standard of living. The study also revealed that as a result of high rate of unemployment in the communities, commercial motorcycle business has been able to serve as a refuge for those who are not able to find employments in the formal sector. The study also find out that most of the operators earn far more than a monthly minimum wage of #70,000.00 ($45) being paid to government workers. Having known the important of commercial motorcycle business, as a refuge to those who could not find employments in the formal sector, a major means of alleviating poverty and sustaining food security in the communities, government is therefore, advise to encourage commercial motorcycle business in the communities by rehabilitating bad roads, training of motorcycle operators must be emphasized and proper enforcement measures should be undertaken at all times to avoid the rate of motorcycle accident in the communities.