AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LOW EMPLOYMENT RATE OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on the factors influencing the low employment rate of people with physical disability in Nigeria. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of staff of Nigeria Labour Congress, Abuja. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposefully selected 53 respondents and 50 were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables. While the hypotheses were tested using Pearson correlation statistical tool, SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals that there is a significant relationship between education system and employment rate of people with disability in Nigeria. The study also revealed that there is a significant relationship between public awareness on disability and low employment rate of people with disability in workplaces. Therefore, it is recommended that changes of institutional framework that keeps the disabled excluded from taking part in decision that affect them, making the same degree freedoms as the rest of the people education, work and leisure, in economic, social and political life. here is for a need strong organizations of and for disabled that are run and represented by disabled people themselves. The organization is dominated by on disabled people, this should be seen as a sign of weakness and not integration as it is sometimes said in many cases: Strong consumer organizations should include all disabled people regardless of diagnosis. To mention but a few.