Business Type and Location of Small Scale Enterprises as Determinant of Alternative Source of Electrical Energy in Lagos State

The study was carried out on the business type and location of small scale as determinant of alternative source of electrical energy in Lagos State. Two (2) research questions were formulated for the study. A four- Likert scale structured questionnaire which was administered to collect the data. The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and paired sample t- test. The sample of the study comprises of fifty (50) small scale business operator within Yaba local council developemtal area (LCDA). The reliability of the instrument was carried out using Cronbach's Alpha whose value was 0.709. The findings of this study showed that there is significance relationship between the business type and the usage of generator as alternative source of electrical energy by the small scale business enterprises in Lagos State. There is significance relationship in the business location and the usage of generator as alternative source of electrical energy by the small scale business enterprises in Lagos State. Therefore, it was recommended that The government should make conscious effort for electrical energy to be more available for usage by all; loan facilities to be given to the operators of small scale businesses in order to help them to stand against the problems of erratic electrical power supply and purchase of generator for their businesses; electrical energy must be made available to every location which in turn enhances all the location of the small scale businesses while generator set may be purchased as back- up in case of outage.