79 FUNAI JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS AND FINANCE (FUJABF). Vol. 1. N0. 1. 2017. Pp 79-85. Maiden Edition Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo Ebonyi State Nigeria Impact of Tricycle Transportation Earning on Poverty Reduction in Kaduna Metropolis, Nigeria Zira, Nuhu 1 Ya'u, Shehu 2 Adamu,Yusuf 3 1 Department of Economics, Kaduna State University, Kaduna,Nigeria. 2 Center for Entrepreneurship Development, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State. 3 Social Science Department, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna State. Corresponding Email:ziranuhu1@gmail.com Keywords: Poverty line,Poverty severity, Tricycle,Fostre, Greer and Thorbecke 1. Introduction Poverty is a wide spread phenomenon and the greatest challenge in the world today. The persistent increased in the level of poverty has become a leading public issue in this twenty one century. According to Ajegi (2011) about 2.8 billion people in the world live in complete poverty. Ikon (2010) observed that in all parts of the world, the extent, severity and characteristics of poverty may differ greatly within and across countries. Incidence of poverty in Nigerian is about 53.3 percent of the population based on Oxford poverty and human development initiative (OPHI,2016) observation. The World Bank (1996) postulated that Nigeria is rich but its people are still living below the poverty line. Most of the succeeding governments in Nigeria established poverty alleviation programs and job creation schemes. Some of the programs are National Poverty Eradication Pogramme (NAPEP) in 2001, Community Skills Development Programme (CSDP) in 2010,Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria (YOUWIN) in 2011, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program known as (SURE-P) in 2012 and Social Investment Programme like N-power in 2016. It seems that these programmes have not significantly reduced mass poverty among Nigerians. Kaduna State government banned the use of the motorcycle as a means of commercial transportation in the major cities of the state because Boko Haram insurgents have been accused ABSTRACT This study assessed the impact of tricycle transportationpopularly known as (Keke- Napep) on poverty reduction in Kaduna metropolis. The main source of data for the study is primary and was obtained through the use of structured questionnaires. A total of 370 questionnaires were administered to tricycle operators within Kaduna metropolis by the use of clustersamplingtechnique. Foster,Greer and Thorbecke model of mathematical poverty measurements were used for the data analysis in the study. Findings of the workshown that, 85 percent of the tricycle riders earned above poverty line. This implies that 15 percent of the tricycle riders earn below minimum wage level in Nigeria.It was concluded that commercial tricycle as subset of transportation in Kaduna state has a significant impact on income generation to the riders. The study recommended that Government should recognize tricycle operation as an agent of development since it has the capacity to create employment and reduces poverty in the state.