Abstract:
The study is on “Commercialization and workers’ Remuneration: a study of
Nigeria Ports Plc, Lagos. The study was restricted to the three sea ports in Lagos
(Marina, Tin-can and Ijora Wharf) and a total no of 558 respondents who are
employees of these three ports in Lagos were surveyed in the study. The crosssectional
survey design was used while six research questions were formulated
to guide the study. Respondents are of both sexes. Questionnaires were
administered to 540 of the respondents randomly selected among the staff who
have spent five years and above in the company. Focus Group Discussion (FGDs)
was used to study nine staff of the organization randomly selected from the ports
while In-Depth Interview (IDIs) were administered on another nine purposively
selected members of the staff, who had neither been selected for questionnaire
nor FGD study. It was discovered among other things following the testing of
four hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance that: Commercialization of the
Nigeria ports leads to higher wages in that establishment; there is a significant
relationship between commercialization of Nigeria ports and duration of
working hours there; there is a significant relationship between
commercialization of Nigeria Ports and levels of profit in the organization; also
increasing levels of incentives in the Nigeria ports are a significant function of
commercialization of the establishment. The implications of the findings for the
government and other workers were also discussed. The recommendations
based on the findings were that: staff training should be a regular phenomenon;
The transport scheme of the company should be re-organized for effective and
efficient services, seminars and enlightenment programmes should be organized
for all the stakeholders to know the way forward; The retrenched workers
should be adequately compensated and trained towards achieving a better life
