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TECHNOLOGY AN ENEMY OF LABOUR(Nigeria as a case study)

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Without any atom of doubt we can considerably say that the speed of technological evolution in the world of today has been very spontaneous which originally shouldn’t be a problem. But the rate of its acceptance by so many nations of the world may eventually end up in incapacitating the labour sector of these countries which is an indicator of danger. Labour as we know is the most perishable factor of production in that its service has got a time space (18 years to 65 years). It’s also the longest to generate when it comes to time of creation. The time it will take to produce sixty same types of machines is far lesser than the time it will take to build up a single labour for effective service. That notwithstanding labour is the most important factor of production at such any activity that will terminate the need of labour should be well evaluated before its being accepted. And this evaluation should involve a critical analysis of the nature of the country in question, i.e. if the c