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Political Leadership and Infrastructural Growth Towards Small and Medium Enterprises Sustenance in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation
OSAMO Caleb Kehinde, ATTAH Elejo Vincent, IBRAHIM Adesina Fatai
24 December 2025 · Vol. 1, Issue 6, pp. 243-275
DOI: 10.65150/EP-jmrr/V1E6/2025-04
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The study examined the impact of political leadership on infrastructural growth towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) growth in Nigeria. The study’s specific objectives were to ascertain whether political leadership has an impact on the infrastructural growth of transportation, health, education, social and urban infrastructures in Nigeria.
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- Published
- 24 December 2025
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- Vol. 1, Issue 6, pp. 243-275
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- 3051-3588 (online) · 3051-357X (print)
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- CC BY 4.0 — free to read and reuse with attribution
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- EP Journals Group
Abstract
The study examined the impact of political leadership on infrastructural growth towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) growth in Nigeria. The study’s specific objectives were to ascertain whether political leadership has an impact on the infrastructural growth of transportation, health, education, social and urban infrastructures in Nigeria. Survey design was adopted; thus, the study used a structured questionnaire to gather the primary data. The instrument has 4 4-point “Likert” scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree for positively worded items. Data from the survey were analysed by obtaining the mean and modal scores. The t-test was conducted, while estimation was done using SPSS statistical packages. Outcome of the investigations show that political leadership has impact on all the investigated structures and that political corruption is linked to all the decay in infrastructures and inadequacy of the infrastructures to sustain SMEs in Nigeria, the study concludes that all forms of growth in infrastructures of any country, Nigeria inclusive, depend to a large extent on the capacity of its leadership to facilitate, entrench, and sustain good political governance. Recommendations from the study include, among others, that political leaders in Nigeria should make infrastructural growth and SMEs sustenance a compelling part of their promises, upon which the populace should demand performance.
Keywords: Infrastructural Growth, Political Leadership, SMEs Sustenance.
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OSAMO Caleb Kehinde, ATTAH Elejo Vincent, & IBRAHIM Adesina Fatai (2025). Political Leadership and Infrastructural Growth Towards Small and Medium Enterprises Sustenance in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Management Research and Review, 1(6), 243-275. https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jmrr/V1E6/2025-04
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}Questions about this article
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OSAMO Caleb Kehinde, ATTAH Elejo Vincent, IBRAHIM Adesina Fatai.
Where and when was it published?
In Journal of Management Research and Review, Volume 1, Issue 6, pages 243-275, published by EP Journals Group on 24 December 2025.
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Yes. It is open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence, so anyone can read, share and reuse it with attribution.
What is the DOI of this article?
10.65150/EP-jmrr/V1E6/2025-04 (https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jmrr/V1E6/2025-04).
How do I cite this article?
APA: OSAMO Caleb Kehinde, ATTAH Elejo Vincent, & IBRAHIM Adesina Fatai (2025). Political Leadership and Infrastructural Growth Towards Small and Medium Enterprises Sustenance in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation. Journal of Management Research and Review, 1(6), 243-275. https://doi.org/10.65150/EP-jmrr/V1E6/2025-04
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