Nexus of Economic Activities and Haulage Transportation: An Ethnographic Perspective from Potiskum (Yobe State) Nigeria

Abstract

Transportation industry does not only facilitate easy movement of people and goods between two geographical locations, it also aids the growth and development of it respective region. The present study investigate the economic prospective of grain market as well as interrelationship between the haulage transportation and the economic activities in Potiskum grain market. The study depends on both primary and secondary data. Primary data were generated using individual depth interview while the secondary data were collected from published and unpublished documents and, literatures from various peer reviewed studies. The study uncovered that the strategic geographical location of Potiskum offered a great advantage for the grain market development. However, the study unfold that the availability of many heavy duty trucks in this region greatly contributes toward the growth and development of the market as well as the economic activities through provision of easy medium of transportation both inward and outward of the region. Lastly, the study recommends the provision of modern parking space for heavy duty trucks as well as to facilitate easy passage within the market terrain.