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Economic Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the
Management of Small Scale Business in Nigeria
(A Case Study of Africana Restaurant, Otefe-Oghara)
Lawal M. Broghoma1, Magini Gideon2
1Department of Business Administration, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara Delta State, Nigeria
2Department of Business Administration, School of Business Studies,
Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
The study examines the effect of covid-19 on the performance of small scale
enterprises in Nigeria. Notably, the outbreak ofthehighlyinfectiousdiseasein
December 2019 disrupted economic activities as movements were restricted
and businesses shut down. As a result many businesses could not survive the
onslaught due to declining demand, decreasing revenueandfallingprofit.This
resulted in high unemploymentandpoverty.Thestudy employsthechisquare
statistics to examine the contemporaneous dynamics between covid-19 and
operations of SMEs in Nigeria. The study finds that covid-19 severely affected
the growth of SMEs in Nigeria during the pandemic era. It is therefore
recommended by the study that the successful containment of the problems
occasioned by covid-19 will require a combination of both micro and macro
policies. Thus, given the strategic position occupied by small and medium
scale enterprise, government may consider measures aimed at supporting
them. Alternatively, a wide arrayofmeasuresshouldbeintroducedto mitigate
the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on businesses.
KEYWORDS: Economic Performance, Coronavirus disease, Small Scale Business
Enterprises, Chi Square.
JEL Classification: I15, L25, O43
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1. INTRODUCTION
The outbreak of coronavirus disease (covid-19) severely
affected the global and the local economy particularly the
small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). It is a novel
disease pandemic that emerged in Wuhan,Hubeiprovince in
China in December, 2019. According to Madubuike,Ishmael,
Obichukwu, Chinwe & James (2020), covid-19 symbolizes
viral pneumonia with associated symptoms of dry cough,
fever, sore throat, body pain anddiarrhea.Theauthorsargue
that individuals from poor socioeconomic backgrounds
where the health system is vulnerable are likely to face a
higher risk since covid-19 spread at a faster rate.
Accordingly, the majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) are faced with prolonged healthsystemvulnerabilities
due to civil wars, post-military autocratic delayed reforms,
corruption and the emigration of physicians/healthworkers
and other skilled professionals (Madubuikeetal.,2020).The
covid-19 pandemic led to a global health emergency as well
as economic slowdown on investment, employment, trade
and economic growth all of which are adversely affected, a
development which is bound to negate the achievement of a
country’s financial goals (Adekoya & Aibanagbee, 2020). In
the afarmart of the outbreak of the disease, it began to
spread through East Asia,EuropeandNorthAmerica inearly
2020. Thereafter, the novel virus started affecting countries
in Africa and Latin America. With the largest population in
sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), and long-standing travel and trade
links within Africa and to the rest of the world, it seemed
inevitable that the pandemic wouldeventuallyreachNigeria.
In late February, 2020, Nigeria recorded the subcontinent’s
first confirmed case, after which it began to spread
throughout Lagos, Ogun State, and the Federal Capital
Authority (FCT) Abuja (Onyekwena & Amara, 2020).
Nigeria has been severely hit by the spread of coronavirus
disease. Accordingly, government policy was to enforce
social distancing. Thus,all schoolswereclosedby mid-March
2020, and several states and local authoritiesinstituted bans
on public and social gatherings. After a second case was
reported in Lagos, the government banned foreign travelers
from 13 “highly-infected” countries and stopped issuing
visas on arrival. With 44 confirmed cases as at end of March,
the government closed its land and air borders to all
travelers for an initial period of 4 weeks, and suspended all
passenger rail services(Onyekwena &Amara,2020).Arange
of measures were implemented to contain the spread of the
deadly virus. Notably, President Buhari announced
“lockdown” measures to restrict the movement of residents
outside of their homes and virtually all business operations
including SMEs were closed downaswell asclosureofpublic
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and private schools, universities, stores and markets as well
as suspension of public gatherings including religious and
sporting events. Work at home was encouraged in several
states and government institutions. By the end of April,
2020, the group of states under lockdown measures
accounted for almost two-thirds of the national economy.
Shortly afterwards the government issued exemptions for
medical services, agricultural activities, food manufacturers
and retailers, telecommunications and certain financial
services. Later, the president announced some palliative
measures, mainly food distribution and a 2-month advance
payment of the conditional cash transfers made by the
government to vulnerablecitizens.Although,therestrictions
were later relaxed by the government in September, 2020,
economic activities especially SMEs did not operate at full
capacity. This was mainly due to the fact that a
comprehensive list of restrictionsremainsinplace,including
night time curfew, ban on non-essential inter-state
passenger travels, partial and controlled interstate
movement of goods and services, and mandatory use of face
masks or coverings in public even as clubs and bars
remained closed.
As restrictions on movement increased, stakeholders
became increasingly apprehensive about the consequences
for SMEs in Nigeria. In what later became clearer, as the
government response to corona virus heighten, SMEs in
Nigeria began to face difficulties in their operations due
mainly to high costs of production and distribution thereby
affecting the supply chain. Thesuddenonsetofthepandemic
and the scale of policy responses imposed significant
economic costs on Nigeria’s population, butthenatureof the
impacts on small and medium scale enterprises remain
unclear. It is against this background that the study is
germane. The rest of the paper is organized as follows.
Section two presents relevant literature whilst method of
study is presented in section three. In section four, resultsof
findings are presented. Finally, section five concludes the
paper with policy remarks.
Statement of the Problem
At the pick of the novel virus in July 2020,peoplewereafraid
to come out for any form of business activities for fear of
contracting the deadly virus. This was compounded by the
WHO guidelines regarding the application of social
distancing, personal hygiene, especially hand hygiene and
mask-wearing, aimed at reducing the spread of the novel
disease. Thus, the corona virus pandemic had debilitating
effects on SMEs operating in Nigeria’s food industry. As the
enforced restrictions roll on, the medium to long term
impact on SMEs was worrisome most especially as SMEs
produce, process, market, transport and sell the food
products and associated services depended upon by many
people in Nigeria. By far the most explicit impactsarehikein
prices predicated on food shortages for consumers whorely
on SMEs. Notably, bankruptcies and unemployment became
rampant as most businesses includingrestaurantswereshut
down and only take away meals were permitted. This was
not surprising as most small scaleindustriesdecreased work
hours with attendant salaries cut occasioned by skeletal
services. As would be expected, this led to reduction of
workforce thereby leading to increaseinunemploymentand
poverty. Essentially, the increase in criminality in recent
time ranging from armed robbing to kidnapping, internet
frauds and a host of others can be partly attributed to the
negative effect of covid-19 on the small and medium scale
sector in Nigeria. Even though there were criminal activities
such as kidnapping in Nigeria prior to the outbreak of the
deadly disease and the attendant lockdowns that follow
which led to the collapse of several businesses including
SMEs around the world, armed robbery, banditry especially
kidnappings for ransoms have only taken a very dangerous
dimension in Nigeria. The stay-at-home rules aimed at
containing the pandemic meant that thenon-essential goods
were less demanded. More worrisome was the government
inability to provide cushions by way of interest free loans or
outright disbursement of funds to the small business
concern. This further spelt doom for the SMEs in Nigeria.
Objective of the Study
To determine the effect of covid-19 on small scale business.
Research Questions
Does covid-19 affects small scale business in Nigeria?
Hypothesis Formulation
The study shall test one hypotheses in null form.
Ho: There is no significant effect of covid-19 on small scale
business in Nigeria.
Significance of the Study
The paper is relevance to manager of the Nigerian economy
especially those making policy for the survival of SMEs in
Nigeria. This is anchored on the findings of the study which
shed light on both the financial fragility of many small
businesses. More important is the significant effectcovid-19
had on businesses operating in Nigeria in the wake of the
pandemic that disrupted virtually all businesses. Also, the
study is significant as findings provide evidence of business
expectations on the longer term impact of covid-19 as well
as their perceptions of relief programs offered by the
government.
2. Review of Related Literature
As covid-19 is a new disease, literature on the subject is
relatively sparse. The coronavirus disease otherwiseknown
as covid-19 pandemic initially emerged in the Wuhan
province of China in December 2019 (Adenomon, Maisamaa
& John, 2020). Thereafter, it spilled over to other continents
of the World recording a very high level of casualtiesoneach
passing day. The virus was declared a global pandemic by
World Health Organisation (WHO) 0n 11 March, 2020. .In
Africa, Egypt recorded the first index case on 15th February
2020 (Medical Express News, 2020). The initial occurrence
of the highly infectious disease was referred to as the first
wave and almost all countries in the worldhaveexperienced
the first and the second waves.Essentially,somecountries in
Europe like France, Germany and Britain are currently
entering their third wave. Accordingly, lockdowns are
underway. However, in Africa in general and Nigeria in
particular, the rate of infectious has drastically drop. At the
time of conducting this study the number of global
confirmed cases reported in WHO dashboard as at 06 April
2021 have risen to 131, 487,572 with over 2.8 million death
in 223 countries, areas or territories. Similarly, the number
of confirmed cases in Nigeria in the same period stood at
163,388 while 2058 peoplehavediedfromthenovel disease.
The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has
described covid-19 as the worst global health tragedy of our
time since World War 2 (UNDP, 2020). On its part, the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) in June 2020, noted that covid-19 is a global health
crisis withoutprecedentinhistory(OECDEconomicOutlook,
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2020). It is on this note that the International Labour
Organization (ILO) estimated that about 195 million jobs
would have been lost during the period. Similarly,theWorld
Bank projected an annual decline of US$110 billion in
remittances which indicated that about 800 million people
would have been cut-off from their basic needs. It may
therefore not be out of place to infer that the trend which
culminated in total lockdown in many countries, resulted in
high mortality rate, acute malnutrition, gross inequality as
well as erosion of confidence in the ruling elites.
From the empirical corridor, Shafi, LiuandRen(2020)argue
that the global disease severely affected Pakistani economy
in a manner that micro, small,andmedium-sized enterprises
were struggling to survive. The study utilizes data from 184
Pakistani SMEs and thereby administered an online
questionnaire. Descriptively, the study finds that SMEs in
Pakistan suffer severely as their finances shrink, supply
chain disruption, decline in demand, reduction in sales and
revenue shortfalls. In Saudi Arabia, Tanveer, Hassan and
Bhaumik (2020) examine to what extent covid-19pandemic
and quarantine affected the sustainability of business
activities and consumer behavior. Applying KMO test on
questionnaires generated through email and social media,
the study finds that customer behavior was poor as to
guarantee the sustainability of business development. The
study argues that consumers were kept at home thereby
making patronage of online purchases and home delivery.
Back home in Nigeria, Eromafuru (2020) avers that despite
the enormous billions of dollars expended on procuring
treatment aimed at controlling the disease, very little effort
was made to curtail the number of causalities from the
deadly spiral. His study assesses the impact of coronavirus
pandemic on the socio-cultural and socio-economic
performance of SMEs in Nigeria. A sample of 350 of all
registered SMEs in manufacturing and service sectors was
used for the study. The study finds that positive relationship
exists between covid-19 pandemic and economic benefits in
the private sector whilst negative correlation was observed
between the virus disease and traditional lifestyles.Also,the
study finds that a negative relationship between covid-19
pandemic and the people livingstandards.Finally,itwasalso
observed by the study that a positive relationship exists
between covid-19 disease and the level of uncertainties in
the life of the people in the period under review. The study
uses the Cochran’s formula (1997) with questionnaires
sourced on cross sectional research approach and
multivariate regression model to explore the
contemporaneousdynamics. Oyewale,AdebayoandKehinde
(2020) explore the effect of covid-19 pandemicdisruptionin
economic activities ontheperformanceofsmall andmedium
scale enterprise in Nigeria. The study uses electronic
approach in data collection and undertook the analysis
through the method of linear probability. In addition, a
multivariate probit model was also employed. It was
discovered by the study that a number of entrepreneurs
were severely affected by the covid-19 pandemics and the
attendant lockdown and movement restrictions imposed by
the government. Finally, the study also finds that effect of
covid-19 virus differs on sectors (agriculture versus non-
agriculture). For instance, the study reveals that partial
lockdown measures had an increasing likelihood effect on
low sales on non-agricultural sector whilst food and
agriculture sector experience an opposite effect.
Economic Role of Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria
Several economic development advocates have come to
realize the significant role of small scale enterprises. They
are viewed to be characterized by dynamism, witty,
innovations, effectiveness and the relative small size allows
for faster decision making process in conducting business
activities. Governments globally have realized the
significance of this category of enterprisesandhaveinitiated
cumulative public policies to encourage and fund the
establishment of small scale enterprises. This is why
Anthony (2020) argues that small business enterprises are
becoming increasingly evident through a robust economy
and the mobilization of local resource revolution, reduction
in rural urban migration, uses of industries disposal and
creation of employment opportunities which can be
achieved by a conscious and systematic policy of
development of small and medium enterprises. Small scale
businesses are initially formed in traditional settingssuchas
haircut and weaving. They help in maintaining
craftsmanship, generating employment, maximize waste by
using scrap materials from large firms as well as enhances
economic sub-contracting.
Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Performance in
Nigeria
Economics around the world are fighting the effects of the
covid-19 pandemic. As with most economic around the
world, the sharp drop in Nigeria’s GDP growth is largely due
to the slowdown in economic activity after the country
resorted to a lockdown in order to curb the spread of the
virus. In the wake of the pandemic the World Bank
forecasted a decline of -3.2% for 2020 – a 5% point drop
from its previous projections. While the lockdown has since
been eased in the wake of “heavy economic costs”, the
continued rise in cases – especially in Lagos, Nigeria’s
economic hub-meant that the local economy is yet to full re-
open. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some small
businesses closed because of changes in customer behavior,
especially the physical distancing andmandatedoperational
restrictions that began during the pandemic. Such
businesses include food and educational services that were
severely affected.
3. RESARCH METHODOLOGY
As the study is focused on the food restaurant business, the
research design encompasses ex post factor, questionnaire,
interview and the chi square analytical tool.
Population, Sample and Sample Size
The population of the study include all staff Africana
Restaurant, Otefe, Oghara estimated to be about fifty five
(55) employees of both male and female staff. The study
adopts the simple random sampling technique whichenable
all staff to be selected at random. Accordingly, the Taro
Yamen formula is utilized for the sample size as follows:
n = N
1+N(e)2
Where,
n = Sample size
N = Population
e = Margin of error 5% or 0.05
1 = Constant
n = 55
1+55(0.05)2
n = 1.138
n = 50
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Method of Data Collection and Analysis
The data were both primaryandsecondarysourcescollected
through questionnaires and personal interview whilst text
books and journals. Accordingly, the chi-square technique
was employed on the data. The formula for chi-square is
denoted as follows;
X2 = ∑ (Fo – Fe)2
Fe
Where,
Fo = Frequency observed
Fe = Frequency expected
Decision Rule
If the Chi Square (X2) calculated is greater than Chi Square
(X2) Table we reject the null hypothesis and accept the
alternative hypothesis and conclude that relationship exists
between the variables under consideration
4. Data Presentation
A total of 50 questionnaire were distributed to the
respondents which were fully completely and returned.
Data Analysis
The responses to questionnaire in the question areanalyzed
using percentage.
Table 1: Sex Distribution of Respondents
Sex Number of respondents Percentage (%)
Male 29 58
Female 21 42
Total 50 100
Table 1 reveals that 29 respondents representing 58% are
male while 21 respondents or 42% are female.
Table 2: Age Distribution of Respondents
Age
Number of
respondents
Percentage
(%)
Below 20 10 20
21 – 30 years 10 20
31 – 40 years 6 4
41 – 50 years 14 40
51 – 60 years 5 8
Above 60 5 8
Total 50 100
Table 2 shows that 10 respondents representing 20% are
below 20 years while 10(20%) respondents falls between
21-30 years. The Table further shows that 6, 14 and 5
respondents representing 4%, 40% and 8% respectively are
of the brackets 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60 years. Finally those
above 60 represents 8% of the population or 5 respondents.
Table 3: Academic Qualification of Respondents
Qualification
Number of
respondents
Percentage
(%)
WAEC 32 64
OND 18 36
HND/BSC Nill Nill
MSC/MBA Nill Nill
Total 50 100
Table 3 indicates that 32 respondents representing 64% are
WAEC holders while 18 respondents or 36% are OND
holders.
Table 4: Years of Service in Africana Kitchen
Restaurant.
Option
Number of
respondents
Percentage
(%)
0-2 years 10 20
3-6 years 34 68
7 years and above 6 12
Total 50 100
As Table 4 reveals, 10 and 34 respondentseachrepresenting
20% and 68% respectively are 0-2 years and 3-6years while
the remaining 6 respondents representing 12% are 7 years
and above.
Table 5: Staff Position
Option
Number of
respondents
Percentage
(%)
Junior staff 37 74
Senior staff 13 26
Total 50 100
Table 5 shows that 37 respondents representing 74% are
junior staff while 13 respondents or 26% are senior staff.
Question 1
Table 6: Does Covid-19 affects small scale business?
Response Number of respondents
Percentage
(%)
Yes 30 60
No 20 40
Total 50 100
It can be observed in Table 6 that 30 respondents
representing 60% affirmed yes response that corona virus
affects small scale business while 20 respondents
representing 40% said no.
Question 2
Table 7: Does Covid-19 affect the economic growth?
Response Number of respondents
Percentage
(%)
Yes 7 14
No 43 86
Total 50 100
Table 7 depicts the responses of 7(14%) respondents who
said yes that covid-19 affected the economic growth while
43 respondents representing 86% responded in the
contrary.
Question 3
Table 8: Does Covid-19 affect free flow of goods and
services of small scale business?
Response Number of respondents
Percentage
(%)
Yes 35 70
No 8 16
Undecided 7 14
Total 50 100
As can be seen in Table 8, 35 respondents representing 70%
said agree that covid-19 affected the free flow of goods and
services of small scale business while 16% disagree. The
remaining 7 respondentsrepresenting14% wereundecided.
Testing of Hypothesis
Ho: There is no significantrelationshipbetween effectof
covid-19 and small scale business.
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Chi-square = X2 = ∑(fo – fe)2
Fe
Where,
X2 = Chi-square
Fo = Frequency observed
Fe = Frequency expected
Response
Junior
senior
Senior Total Percentage
Yes 7 3 10 20
No 24 16 40 80
Total 31 19 50 100
To calculate the expected frequency (fe) using the formula,
Fe = Column total x Row total
Grand total
For Junior Staff
Fe for 7 = 31 x 10 = 6.2
50
Fe for 24 = 31 x 40 = 24.8
50
For senior staff
Fe for 7 = 19 x 10 = 3.8
50
Fe for 7 = 19 x 40 = 15.2
50
Contingency Table
Option Junior staff Senior staff Total
Fo Fe Fo Fe
Yes 7 6.2 3 3.8 10
No 24 24.8 16 15.2 40
Total 31 19 50
X2 = ∑ (fo – fe)2
Fe
For Junior Staff
X2 = (7 – 6.2)2 = 0.25
6.2
X2 = (24 – 24.8)2 = 4.113
24.8
X2 = (3 – 3.8)2 = 2.736
3.8
X2 = (16 – 15.2)2 = 5.078
15.2
X2 = 0.25 + 4.113 + 2.736 + 5.078 = 11.677
Calculated value = 11.677
Degree of freedom
Df = (2 – 1)(2 -1)
= (1)(1) = 1
The X2 Table or level of significance 0.05(5%) is given as
3.840. Since X2 calculated (11.68) greater than X2 Table
(3.84), we accept the alternative hypothesis in favour of the
null hypothesis and conclude that covid-19 affected the
operations of SMEs in Nigeria during the spike of the
pandemic.
5. CONCLUDING REMARKS
The study focuses on the effect of covid-19 on the
performance of small scale enterprises in Nigeria.
Observably, the outbreak of the highly infectious disease in
December 2019disrupted economicactivitiesasmovements
were restricted and businesses shut down. As a result many
businesses could not survive the onslaught due to declining
demand, falling revenue and decreasing profit. The results
was unemployment and poverty whichfurtherledtovarious
crimes with the most disturbing trend being banditry and
kidnappings as currently witnessed in Nigeria. The study
employs the chi square statistics to examine the
contemporaneous dynamics between covid-19 and
operations of SMEs in Nigeria. The study finds that covid-19
severely affected the growth of SMEs during the spike of the
pandemic era. The results gave credence to the findings of
Oyewale et al., (2020) and Eromafuru (2020) in Nigeria as
well as Shafi et al., (2020) in Pakistan and Tanveer et al
(2020) in Saudi Arabia. It is recommendedthereforethatthe
successful containmentoftheproblemsoccasioned bycovid-
19 will require a combination of both micro and macro
policies. Thus, given the strategic position occupiedbysmall
and medium scale enterprise, government should put
measures in place to support them. While thefirstconcern is
public health, a wide arrayofmeasuresshouldbeintroduced
to mitigate the economic impact of thecoronavirusoutbreak
on businesses. Specifically, government should urgently
deploy measures to support SMEs and the self-employed
during this severely challenging time, with a strong focus on
initiatives to sustain short-term liquidity. For instance, the
interventionist policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria should
be holistic and sustained to support in lending by alleviating
monetary conditions and enabling commercial banks to
provide more loans to SMEs.
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Economic Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic on the Management of Small Scale Business in Nigeria A Case Study of Africana Restaurant, Otefe Oghara

  • 1. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) Volume 5 Issue 4, May-June 2021 Available Online: www.ijtsrd.com e-ISSN: 2456 – 6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD43657 | Volume – 5 | Issue – 4 | May-June 2021 Page 1475 Economic Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Management of Small Scale Business in Nigeria (A Case Study of Africana Restaurant, Otefe-Oghara) Lawal M. Broghoma1, Magini Gideon2 1Department of Business Administration, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara Delta State, Nigeria 2Department of Business Administration, School of Business Studies, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Nigeria ABSTRACT The study examines the effect of covid-19 on the performance of small scale enterprises in Nigeria. Notably, the outbreak ofthehighlyinfectiousdiseasein December 2019 disrupted economic activities as movements were restricted and businesses shut down. As a result many businesses could not survive the onslaught due to declining demand, decreasing revenueandfallingprofit.This resulted in high unemploymentandpoverty.Thestudy employsthechisquare statistics to examine the contemporaneous dynamics between covid-19 and operations of SMEs in Nigeria. The study finds that covid-19 severely affected the growth of SMEs in Nigeria during the pandemic era. It is therefore recommended by the study that the successful containment of the problems occasioned by covid-19 will require a combination of both micro and macro policies. Thus, given the strategic position occupied by small and medium scale enterprise, government may consider measures aimed at supporting them. Alternatively, a wide arrayofmeasuresshouldbeintroducedto mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak on businesses. KEYWORDS: Economic Performance, Coronavirus disease, Small Scale Business Enterprises, Chi Square. JEL Classification: I15, L25, O43 How to cite this paper: Lawal M. Broghoma | Magini Gideon "Economic Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Management of Small Scale Business in Nigeria (A Case Study of Africana Restaurant, Otefe- Oghara)" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456- 6470, Volume-5 | Issue-4, June 2021, pp.1475-1480, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd43657.pdf Copyright © 2021 by author (s) and International Journal ofTrendinScientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http: //creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) 1. INTRODUCTION The outbreak of coronavirus disease (covid-19) severely affected the global and the local economy particularly the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). It is a novel disease pandemic that emerged in Wuhan,Hubeiprovince in China in December, 2019. According to Madubuike,Ishmael, Obichukwu, Chinwe & James (2020), covid-19 symbolizes viral pneumonia with associated symptoms of dry cough, fever, sore throat, body pain anddiarrhea.Theauthorsargue that individuals from poor socioeconomic backgrounds where the health system is vulnerable are likely to face a higher risk since covid-19 spread at a faster rate. Accordingly, the majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are faced with prolonged healthsystemvulnerabilities due to civil wars, post-military autocratic delayed reforms, corruption and the emigration of physicians/healthworkers and other skilled professionals (Madubuikeetal.,2020).The covid-19 pandemic led to a global health emergency as well as economic slowdown on investment, employment, trade and economic growth all of which are adversely affected, a development which is bound to negate the achievement of a country’s financial goals (Adekoya & Aibanagbee, 2020). In the afarmart of the outbreak of the disease, it began to spread through East Asia,EuropeandNorthAmerica inearly 2020. Thereafter, the novel virus started affecting countries in Africa and Latin America. With the largest population in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), and long-standing travel and trade links within Africa and to the rest of the world, it seemed inevitable that the pandemic wouldeventuallyreachNigeria. In late February, 2020, Nigeria recorded the subcontinent’s first confirmed case, after which it began to spread throughout Lagos, Ogun State, and the Federal Capital Authority (FCT) Abuja (Onyekwena & Amara, 2020). Nigeria has been severely hit by the spread of coronavirus disease. Accordingly, government policy was to enforce social distancing. Thus,all schoolswereclosedby mid-March 2020, and several states and local authoritiesinstituted bans on public and social gatherings. After a second case was reported in Lagos, the government banned foreign travelers from 13 “highly-infected” countries and stopped issuing visas on arrival. With 44 confirmed cases as at end of March, the government closed its land and air borders to all travelers for an initial period of 4 weeks, and suspended all passenger rail services(Onyekwena &Amara,2020).Arange of measures were implemented to contain the spread of the deadly virus. Notably, President Buhari announced “lockdown” measures to restrict the movement of residents outside of their homes and virtually all business operations including SMEs were closed downaswell asclosureofpublic IJTSRD43657
  • 2. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD43657 | Volume – 5 | Issue – 4 | May-June 2021 Page 1476 and private schools, universities, stores and markets as well as suspension of public gatherings including religious and sporting events. Work at home was encouraged in several states and government institutions. By the end of April, 2020, the group of states under lockdown measures accounted for almost two-thirds of the national economy. Shortly afterwards the government issued exemptions for medical services, agricultural activities, food manufacturers and retailers, telecommunications and certain financial services. Later, the president announced some palliative measures, mainly food distribution and a 2-month advance payment of the conditional cash transfers made by the government to vulnerablecitizens.Although,therestrictions were later relaxed by the government in September, 2020, economic activities especially SMEs did not operate at full capacity. This was mainly due to the fact that a comprehensive list of restrictionsremainsinplace,including night time curfew, ban on non-essential inter-state passenger travels, partial and controlled interstate movement of goods and services, and mandatory use of face masks or coverings in public even as clubs and bars remained closed. As restrictions on movement increased, stakeholders became increasingly apprehensive about the consequences for SMEs in Nigeria. In what later became clearer, as the government response to corona virus heighten, SMEs in Nigeria began to face difficulties in their operations due mainly to high costs of production and distribution thereby affecting the supply chain. Thesuddenonsetofthepandemic and the scale of policy responses imposed significant economic costs on Nigeria’s population, butthenatureof the impacts on small and medium scale enterprises remain unclear. It is against this background that the study is germane. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section two presents relevant literature whilst method of study is presented in section three. In section four, resultsof findings are presented. Finally, section five concludes the paper with policy remarks. Statement of the Problem At the pick of the novel virus in July 2020,peoplewereafraid to come out for any form of business activities for fear of contracting the deadly virus. This was compounded by the WHO guidelines regarding the application of social distancing, personal hygiene, especially hand hygiene and mask-wearing, aimed at reducing the spread of the novel disease. Thus, the corona virus pandemic had debilitating effects on SMEs operating in Nigeria’s food industry. As the enforced restrictions roll on, the medium to long term impact on SMEs was worrisome most especially as SMEs produce, process, market, transport and sell the food products and associated services depended upon by many people in Nigeria. By far the most explicit impactsarehikein prices predicated on food shortages for consumers whorely on SMEs. Notably, bankruptcies and unemployment became rampant as most businesses includingrestaurantswereshut down and only take away meals were permitted. This was not surprising as most small scaleindustriesdecreased work hours with attendant salaries cut occasioned by skeletal services. As would be expected, this led to reduction of workforce thereby leading to increaseinunemploymentand poverty. Essentially, the increase in criminality in recent time ranging from armed robbing to kidnapping, internet frauds and a host of others can be partly attributed to the negative effect of covid-19 on the small and medium scale sector in Nigeria. Even though there were criminal activities such as kidnapping in Nigeria prior to the outbreak of the deadly disease and the attendant lockdowns that follow which led to the collapse of several businesses including SMEs around the world, armed robbery, banditry especially kidnappings for ransoms have only taken a very dangerous dimension in Nigeria. The stay-at-home rules aimed at containing the pandemic meant that thenon-essential goods were less demanded. More worrisome was the government inability to provide cushions by way of interest free loans or outright disbursement of funds to the small business concern. This further spelt doom for the SMEs in Nigeria. Objective of the Study To determine the effect of covid-19 on small scale business. Research Questions Does covid-19 affects small scale business in Nigeria? Hypothesis Formulation The study shall test one hypotheses in null form. Ho: There is no significant effect of covid-19 on small scale business in Nigeria. Significance of the Study The paper is relevance to manager of the Nigerian economy especially those making policy for the survival of SMEs in Nigeria. This is anchored on the findings of the study which shed light on both the financial fragility of many small businesses. More important is the significant effectcovid-19 had on businesses operating in Nigeria in the wake of the pandemic that disrupted virtually all businesses. Also, the study is significant as findings provide evidence of business expectations on the longer term impact of covid-19 as well as their perceptions of relief programs offered by the government. 2. Review of Related Literature As covid-19 is a new disease, literature on the subject is relatively sparse. The coronavirus disease otherwiseknown as covid-19 pandemic initially emerged in the Wuhan province of China in December 2019 (Adenomon, Maisamaa & John, 2020). Thereafter, it spilled over to other continents of the World recording a very high level of casualtiesoneach passing day. The virus was declared a global pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO) 0n 11 March, 2020. .In Africa, Egypt recorded the first index case on 15th February 2020 (Medical Express News, 2020). The initial occurrence of the highly infectious disease was referred to as the first wave and almost all countries in the worldhaveexperienced the first and the second waves.Essentially,somecountries in Europe like France, Germany and Britain are currently entering their third wave. Accordingly, lockdowns are underway. However, in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular, the rate of infectious has drastically drop. At the time of conducting this study the number of global confirmed cases reported in WHO dashboard as at 06 April 2021 have risen to 131, 487,572 with over 2.8 million death in 223 countries, areas or territories. Similarly, the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria in the same period stood at 163,388 while 2058 peoplehavediedfromthenovel disease. The United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) has described covid-19 as the worst global health tragedy of our time since World War 2 (UNDP, 2020). On its part, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in June 2020, noted that covid-19 is a global health crisis withoutprecedentinhistory(OECDEconomicOutlook,
  • 3. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD43657 | Volume – 5 | Issue – 4 | May-June 2021 Page 1477 2020). It is on this note that the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that about 195 million jobs would have been lost during the period. Similarly,theWorld Bank projected an annual decline of US$110 billion in remittances which indicated that about 800 million people would have been cut-off from their basic needs. It may therefore not be out of place to infer that the trend which culminated in total lockdown in many countries, resulted in high mortality rate, acute malnutrition, gross inequality as well as erosion of confidence in the ruling elites. From the empirical corridor, Shafi, LiuandRen(2020)argue that the global disease severely affected Pakistani economy in a manner that micro, small,andmedium-sized enterprises were struggling to survive. The study utilizes data from 184 Pakistani SMEs and thereby administered an online questionnaire. Descriptively, the study finds that SMEs in Pakistan suffer severely as their finances shrink, supply chain disruption, decline in demand, reduction in sales and revenue shortfalls. In Saudi Arabia, Tanveer, Hassan and Bhaumik (2020) examine to what extent covid-19pandemic and quarantine affected the sustainability of business activities and consumer behavior. Applying KMO test on questionnaires generated through email and social media, the study finds that customer behavior was poor as to guarantee the sustainability of business development. The study argues that consumers were kept at home thereby making patronage of online purchases and home delivery. Back home in Nigeria, Eromafuru (2020) avers that despite the enormous billions of dollars expended on procuring treatment aimed at controlling the disease, very little effort was made to curtail the number of causalities from the deadly spiral. His study assesses the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the socio-cultural and socio-economic performance of SMEs in Nigeria. A sample of 350 of all registered SMEs in manufacturing and service sectors was used for the study. The study finds that positive relationship exists between covid-19 pandemic and economic benefits in the private sector whilst negative correlation was observed between the virus disease and traditional lifestyles.Also,the study finds that a negative relationship between covid-19 pandemic and the people livingstandards.Finally,itwasalso observed by the study that a positive relationship exists between covid-19 disease and the level of uncertainties in the life of the people in the period under review. The study uses the Cochran’s formula (1997) with questionnaires sourced on cross sectional research approach and multivariate regression model to explore the contemporaneousdynamics. Oyewale,AdebayoandKehinde (2020) explore the effect of covid-19 pandemicdisruptionin economic activities ontheperformanceofsmall andmedium scale enterprise in Nigeria. The study uses electronic approach in data collection and undertook the analysis through the method of linear probability. In addition, a multivariate probit model was also employed. It was discovered by the study that a number of entrepreneurs were severely affected by the covid-19 pandemics and the attendant lockdown and movement restrictions imposed by the government. Finally, the study also finds that effect of covid-19 virus differs on sectors (agriculture versus non- agriculture). For instance, the study reveals that partial lockdown measures had an increasing likelihood effect on low sales on non-agricultural sector whilst food and agriculture sector experience an opposite effect. Economic Role of Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria Several economic development advocates have come to realize the significant role of small scale enterprises. They are viewed to be characterized by dynamism, witty, innovations, effectiveness and the relative small size allows for faster decision making process in conducting business activities. Governments globally have realized the significance of this category of enterprisesandhaveinitiated cumulative public policies to encourage and fund the establishment of small scale enterprises. This is why Anthony (2020) argues that small business enterprises are becoming increasingly evident through a robust economy and the mobilization of local resource revolution, reduction in rural urban migration, uses of industries disposal and creation of employment opportunities which can be achieved by a conscious and systematic policy of development of small and medium enterprises. Small scale businesses are initially formed in traditional settingssuchas haircut and weaving. They help in maintaining craftsmanship, generating employment, maximize waste by using scrap materials from large firms as well as enhances economic sub-contracting. Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Performance in Nigeria Economics around the world are fighting the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. As with most economic around the world, the sharp drop in Nigeria’s GDP growth is largely due to the slowdown in economic activity after the country resorted to a lockdown in order to curb the spread of the virus. In the wake of the pandemic the World Bank forecasted a decline of -3.2% for 2020 – a 5% point drop from its previous projections. While the lockdown has since been eased in the wake of “heavy economic costs”, the continued rise in cases – especially in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub-meant that the local economy is yet to full re- open. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some small businesses closed because of changes in customer behavior, especially the physical distancing andmandatedoperational restrictions that began during the pandemic. Such businesses include food and educational services that were severely affected. 3. RESARCH METHODOLOGY As the study is focused on the food restaurant business, the research design encompasses ex post factor, questionnaire, interview and the chi square analytical tool. Population, Sample and Sample Size The population of the study include all staff Africana Restaurant, Otefe, Oghara estimated to be about fifty five (55) employees of both male and female staff. The study adopts the simple random sampling technique whichenable all staff to be selected at random. Accordingly, the Taro Yamen formula is utilized for the sample size as follows: n = N 1+N(e)2 Where, n = Sample size N = Population e = Margin of error 5% or 0.05 1 = Constant n = 55 1+55(0.05)2 n = 1.138 n = 50
  • 4. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD43657 | Volume – 5 | Issue – 4 | May-June 2021 Page 1478 Method of Data Collection and Analysis The data were both primaryandsecondarysourcescollected through questionnaires and personal interview whilst text books and journals. Accordingly, the chi-square technique was employed on the data. The formula for chi-square is denoted as follows; X2 = ∑ (Fo – Fe)2 Fe Where, Fo = Frequency observed Fe = Frequency expected Decision Rule If the Chi Square (X2) calculated is greater than Chi Square (X2) Table we reject the null hypothesis and accept the alternative hypothesis and conclude that relationship exists between the variables under consideration 4. Data Presentation A total of 50 questionnaire were distributed to the respondents which were fully completely and returned. Data Analysis The responses to questionnaire in the question areanalyzed using percentage. Table 1: Sex Distribution of Respondents Sex Number of respondents Percentage (%) Male 29 58 Female 21 42 Total 50 100 Table 1 reveals that 29 respondents representing 58% are male while 21 respondents or 42% are female. Table 2: Age Distribution of Respondents Age Number of respondents Percentage (%) Below 20 10 20 21 – 30 years 10 20 31 – 40 years 6 4 41 – 50 years 14 40 51 – 60 years 5 8 Above 60 5 8 Total 50 100 Table 2 shows that 10 respondents representing 20% are below 20 years while 10(20%) respondents falls between 21-30 years. The Table further shows that 6, 14 and 5 respondents representing 4%, 40% and 8% respectively are of the brackets 31-40, 41-50 and 51-60 years. Finally those above 60 represents 8% of the population or 5 respondents. Table 3: Academic Qualification of Respondents Qualification Number of respondents Percentage (%) WAEC 32 64 OND 18 36 HND/BSC Nill Nill MSC/MBA Nill Nill Total 50 100 Table 3 indicates that 32 respondents representing 64% are WAEC holders while 18 respondents or 36% are OND holders. Table 4: Years of Service in Africana Kitchen Restaurant. Option Number of respondents Percentage (%) 0-2 years 10 20 3-6 years 34 68 7 years and above 6 12 Total 50 100 As Table 4 reveals, 10 and 34 respondentseachrepresenting 20% and 68% respectively are 0-2 years and 3-6years while the remaining 6 respondents representing 12% are 7 years and above. Table 5: Staff Position Option Number of respondents Percentage (%) Junior staff 37 74 Senior staff 13 26 Total 50 100 Table 5 shows that 37 respondents representing 74% are junior staff while 13 respondents or 26% are senior staff. Question 1 Table 6: Does Covid-19 affects small scale business? Response Number of respondents Percentage (%) Yes 30 60 No 20 40 Total 50 100 It can be observed in Table 6 that 30 respondents representing 60% affirmed yes response that corona virus affects small scale business while 20 respondents representing 40% said no. Question 2 Table 7: Does Covid-19 affect the economic growth? Response Number of respondents Percentage (%) Yes 7 14 No 43 86 Total 50 100 Table 7 depicts the responses of 7(14%) respondents who said yes that covid-19 affected the economic growth while 43 respondents representing 86% responded in the contrary. Question 3 Table 8: Does Covid-19 affect free flow of goods and services of small scale business? Response Number of respondents Percentage (%) Yes 35 70 No 8 16 Undecided 7 14 Total 50 100 As can be seen in Table 8, 35 respondents representing 70% said agree that covid-19 affected the free flow of goods and services of small scale business while 16% disagree. The remaining 7 respondentsrepresenting14% wereundecided. Testing of Hypothesis Ho: There is no significantrelationshipbetween effectof covid-19 and small scale business.
  • 5. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (IJTSRD) @ www.ijtsrd.com eISSN: 2456-6470 @ IJTSRD | Unique Paper ID – IJTSRD43657 | Volume – 5 | Issue – 4 | May-June 2021 Page 1479 Chi-square = X2 = ∑(fo – fe)2 Fe Where, X2 = Chi-square Fo = Frequency observed Fe = Frequency expected Response Junior senior Senior Total Percentage Yes 7 3 10 20 No 24 16 40 80 Total 31 19 50 100 To calculate the expected frequency (fe) using the formula, Fe = Column total x Row total Grand total For Junior Staff Fe for 7 = 31 x 10 = 6.2 50 Fe for 24 = 31 x 40 = 24.8 50 For senior staff Fe for 7 = 19 x 10 = 3.8 50 Fe for 7 = 19 x 40 = 15.2 50 Contingency Table Option Junior staff Senior staff Total Fo Fe Fo Fe Yes 7 6.2 3 3.8 10 No 24 24.8 16 15.2 40 Total 31 19 50 X2 = ∑ (fo – fe)2 Fe For Junior Staff X2 = (7 – 6.2)2 = 0.25 6.2 X2 = (24 – 24.8)2 = 4.113 24.8 X2 = (3 – 3.8)2 = 2.736 3.8 X2 = (16 – 15.2)2 = 5.078 15.2 X2 = 0.25 + 4.113 + 2.736 + 5.078 = 11.677 Calculated value = 11.677 Degree of freedom Df = (2 – 1)(2 -1) = (1)(1) = 1 The X2 Table or level of significance 0.05(5%) is given as 3.840. Since X2 calculated (11.68) greater than X2 Table (3.84), we accept the alternative hypothesis in favour of the null hypothesis and conclude that covid-19 affected the operations of SMEs in Nigeria during the spike of the pandemic. 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS The study focuses on the effect of covid-19 on the performance of small scale enterprises in Nigeria. Observably, the outbreak of the highly infectious disease in December 2019disrupted economicactivitiesasmovements were restricted and businesses shut down. As a result many businesses could not survive the onslaught due to declining demand, falling revenue and decreasing profit. The results was unemployment and poverty whichfurtherledtovarious crimes with the most disturbing trend being banditry and kidnappings as currently witnessed in Nigeria. The study employs the chi square statistics to examine the contemporaneous dynamics between covid-19 and operations of SMEs in Nigeria. The study finds that covid-19 severely affected the growth of SMEs during the spike of the pandemic era. The results gave credence to the findings of Oyewale et al., (2020) and Eromafuru (2020) in Nigeria as well as Shafi et al., (2020) in Pakistan and Tanveer et al (2020) in Saudi Arabia. It is recommendedthereforethatthe successful containmentoftheproblemsoccasioned bycovid- 19 will require a combination of both micro and macro policies. Thus, given the strategic position occupiedbysmall and medium scale enterprise, government should put measures in place to support them. While thefirstconcern is public health, a wide arrayofmeasuresshouldbeintroduced to mitigate the economic impact of thecoronavirusoutbreak on businesses. Specifically, government should urgently deploy measures to support SMEs and the self-employed during this severely challenging time, with a strong focus on initiatives to sustain short-term liquidity. For instance, the interventionist policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria should be holistic and sustained to support in lending by alleviating monetary conditions and enabling commercial banks to provide more loans to SMEs. REFERENCES [1] Adekoya, O. & Aibanagbee, R. (2020). Covid-19 economic downturn: The implication for corporate debts and recovery actions in Nigeria. SSRN Electron. [2] Adenomon, M.O., Maisamaa, B., & John, D. O. (2020). On the Effects of covid-19 outbreak on the Nigerian Stock Exchange Performance: Evidence from GARCH Models (preprint), Mathematics and Computer Science. [3] Anthony, K. I. (2020). Covid-19 and the economy. An African perspective. [4] Eromafuru, E.G. (2020). Covid-19 pandemic, the ultimate time bomb? : Gauging the socio-cultural and socio-economics impacts of the scourge on the Nigerian SMBEs. Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 19(5): 01-18. [5] Madubuike U.A., Ishmael, J.F., Obichukwu, C.N., Chinwe, J.I.J. & James, W.O. (2020). A perspective on Nigeria’s preparedness, response and challenges to mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Challenges, 11(22): 1-15. DOI: 10.3390/challe11020022. [6] Oyewale, A., Adebayo, O. & Kehinde, O. (2020). Estimating the impact of COVID-19 on small and medium scale enterprise: Evidence from Nigeria. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, 1-19. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111225.
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