Transportation Reform and Peacebuilding in Plateau State: A Case of Tricycles in Jos and Bukuru Metropolis

Abstract

Peacebuilding is a continuous process in every society which can be achieved through government policies and reforms geared towards economic empowerment and development. The Plateau State Government embarked on transportation reform via the Plateau State Law in 2010, banning the use of motorcycles and the subsequent introduction of tricycles, popularly called “Keke NAPEP” to empower members of society to curb crime and induce access to labour as an instrument within the peacebuilding process in Jos and Bukuru metropolises. The question is, what has been the impact of this process of transport reform on the peacebuilding initiative of the Plateau State Government? This study used Likert-type questionnaires to collect data from commuters and tricycle operators, while the Mann-Whitney U test and ANOVA test were used in hypotheses testing and analysis. The study finds that there is an association between the relative peace in the Jos and Bukuru metropolis and the introduction of “Keke NAPEP and that the transport