ATTAHIRU Hamza
Federal College of Wildlife Management, P.M.B 268, New Bussa, Niger State
ALIYU Bello Mohammed
Baba Ahmed University, No 306, Sharada Industrial Estate, Phase 1, Kano, Nigeria
NURUDEEN Mohammed
Federal College of Wildlife Management, P.M.B 268, New Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria
AWAL Adamu Bussa
Federal College of Wildlife Management, P.M.B 268, New Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author: hamzahborgu@gmail.com 08069133750
ABSTRACT
The most disturbing and alarming situation in the country today is the menace of youth
unemployment. This study therefore intends to assess the role of medium scale hotels in job
creation in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria. Amongst others, the objective was are to identify the
medium scale hotels, ascertain the contributions of medium scale hotels to job creation and find
out the challenges facing these hotels in the study area. The study population is comprised seven
(7) selected medium size hotels in Ilorin-South LGA of Kwara State. The research findings
revealed that the contributions of hotels in job creation created means of livelihood for the
residents, reduced unemployment rate with a mean coefficient of 4.83 and 4.79, reduced level of
poverty with a mean coefficient of 4.67 and reduced the level of labour migration with a mean
coefficient of 3.35. Thus, we concluded that medium sized hotels have significant positive
relationship with employment generation and despite such tremendous importance of medium
sized hotels, they are still constraint with numerous crucial problems which hinder their efforts to
effectively provide adequate employment to the teaming unemployed population. Our study
therefore recommended that more medium scale hotels with adequate facilities should be
established in various part of Kwara state and not just some certain areas for even distribution of
economic and social wellbeing of other community. We further recommended the enhancement
of infrastructure as well as favorable tax system in relation to suitable policy and government
regulations geared towards improving and encouraging the activities of medium scale hotels
should by guaranteed.
Keyword: Assessment, creation, hotels, job, size