Factors of Industrial Migration into the Industrial Area of the 9th Mile of Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study on the factors that influenced the movement of industries into the industrial area of the 9th Mile area of Enugu state was carried out in order to identify the pulling factors of industry, determine the relative position of the pulling factors, and examine the pattern of industrial migration into the area. The survey research design and simple random sampling technique were adopted. The data were collected through questionnaire, oral interview, and field observation. The population of the study comprised the directors or industrial owners, managers and employees in the industries at the 9th Mile area. These respondents were selected as follows; 11directors or industrial owners, 11managers, and 58 employees of the industries at 2 per industry, totalling 80 respondents. The collected data were analysed using percentages, and pie graph. From the results, 25 factors among which available water resources and local market are more influential than others. It is ease of transport, security, cheap machine repair services, cheap labour training, and sand that were the least of all the pulling factors of industry into the area. Also, the patterns of industrial migration into the area are mainly the opening of branches of industry and inter-regional migrations of industries. Others are main plant relocation, rural-urban, and intra-city patterns of industrial migrations in the study area. From the results of this study, it is recommended for the industries that use large quantity of water, produce for local market, and space demanding to move their production activities to the 9th Mile area.