JOURNAL OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION 11(4), DECEMBER, 2023 ISSN: 2277-0011; Journal homepage: www.atbuftejoste.net Corresponding author: Yunisa M. moramyah@gmail.com Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Ahmadu Bello University, Bauchi. © 2023. Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. All rights reserved 24 Assessment of the Contributions of Automobile Mechanic Services to Job Creation and Income Generation in Urban Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria Yunusa M., Musa I. Jaro, Rauf O. Yusuf Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria ABSTRACT Automobile mechanic services have an observable presence in urban Zaria but available studies have not empirically investigated their contributions to job creation and income generation in the Zaria economy which is a gap filled by this study. Specifically, the positive contributions of automobile mechanic services towards job creation and income generation in the study area were assessed. Questionnaires were used for data collection from 345 respondents (made up of auto-mechanics, auto-electricians, auto-body panel beaters, auto-wheel workers and auto-spray painters) under the auspices of the National Automotive Technician Association (NATA) in the study area. Simple random and stratified sampling techniques were used to administer questionnaires to the respondents. The data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between the activities of automobile mechanic services to job creation in the study area with R square and Adjusted R square values of 0888, 0.788 and 0.783 greater than the R standard value of 0.400. Moreso, automobile mechanic services have a significant effect on income generation in the study area with R square and Adjusted R square values of 0.831, 0.691 and 0.682 not greater than the R standard value of 0.400. The study concluded that there was a statistically significant (P<0.05) variation in the extent to which automobile mechanic service contributes to job creation and income generation in the study area. It was recommended that mechanic villages are needed in the study area to address the problems of the exorbitant cost of workshop rental, haphazard relocation of workshops and improve patronage of their services; also government need to enforce the regulations to end importation of substandard automobile spare parts to ease scarcity and reduce operational cost. INTRODUCTION The term automobile refers to a self- propelled vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine and is used for the transportation of passengers and goods on the ground (Rajput, 2007). According to Fetherston (2009), an automobile is a complex technical system in which various sub-systems operate in harmony to discharge a defined function. In the views of Abwage (2009), an automobile is a self-propelled land vehicle usually having four wheels and an internal combustion engine, used for personal and public transportation. It is of different types according to styles, number of doors and purpose of use. Since it is an automobile with a combustion engine and multiple components, it shall go faulty ARTICLE INFO Article History Received: June 2023 Received in revised form: July, 2023 Accepted: August, 2023 Published online: November, 2023 KEYWORDS Informal sector, automobile mechanic services, Job creation, Income generation