ABSTRACT
Deregulation occurs when there is a significant decrease
or elimination of government regulation over an industry,
market or economy. It gives room for innovative works
and the use of the creative skills of workers for the
further development of the economy, the research work is
carried out to investigate the impact of deregulation of
the Nigerian economy.
The major problem that led to this study is the general
poor service delivery in the telecommunication industry
and the inability and unwillingness of the government to
continue to subsidize the public telecommunication
Company.
In a bid to achieve the objectives of this study, the
researcher used questionnaires and review of available
related documents and literature. Primary data was
obtained from management and non-management staff
(operatives) of MTN office in Enugu while secondary data
was obtained from the review of available related
documents.
Data gotten were analyzed using simple percentage
distribution and hypotheses were tested using the chisquare
distribution.
The outcome of this research shows that there is a
general preference for the telecom industry after
deregulation than before; deregulation has brought about
increase in efficiency and effectiveness of telephone
services and that it has increased the development of the
economy.
THE IMPACT OF DEREGULATION ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: A CASE STUDY OF TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY
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