Effects of Sit at Home on Small and Medium Scale Businesses in Abakaliki Metropolis

Abstract

This study examined the effects of sit at home on small and medium scale businesses in Abakaliki metropolis. The broad objective of the study is to generally evaluate the effects of sit at home on small and medium scale businesses in Abakaliki metropolis. Survey research design was adopted with questionnaires distributed as data collection instrument. Analytically, the study employed simple percentages, frequency table and chi-square (x²) to test the hypotheses. The findings from the study showed that sit at home has significant impact on small and medium scale enterprises in Abakaliki metropolis. The study also revealed that releasing of Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally, dialogue between federal government of Nigeria and the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB), observing sit at home order on Mondays increase security in southeast and constitutional amendments to enshrine the rotation of key political positions among the six geopolitical zones of were significant remedies to sit at home on small and medium scale enterprises in Abakaliki metropolis. The study concluded that the IPOB's sit-at-home order had a damaging effect on the small and medium scale businesses of the Southeast region. The study recommends among other things that; government should come to terms of agreement with the IPOB hierarchy to restore sound business environment for expected level of growth of SMEs in the Southeast region.