Date of Publication :30th May 2021

Abstract: Abstract---Availability of labour results from the creation of spatial inequalities in labour demand, a process that itself is multiplicative in effect and that forms an integral part of the processes of spatial agglomeration and location specialization.This paper underscores the firms, labour size and type in Nigeria using the Lagos region, as a case study. Primary data was collected through the administration of one hundred and eighty questionnaires in the twelve industrial estates. The paper reveals gender disparity amongst firms, while the effects of motivation on workers’ productivity were averagely satisfactory.The research has found out that effect of labour laws and policy on industrial enterprise was fairly satisfactory. The paper reveals that most of the firms have between 6-10 management staff and less than 51 auxiliaries, clerical and operational/technical staff. The analysis of variance carried out in testing the variation of management and auxiliary/clerical and operational staff across the industry group have an F-cal. Value 197.42 and 295.64 respectively, these values were significant at 5% level (0.000<0.05).The research reveals that most of the firms were large scale; indigenously and privately owned. The study also reveals that labour was inadequate amongst the firms with adverse effect of low productivity, industrial expansion and limiting of economic performance among others. The workforce structure ranges from administrative to sales and marketing. The labour size, nature and types is a potent determinant and indicator of economic performance of a region, the paper therefore, recommends more investment in the industrial sector by the government and the liberalization of location factors and the fairness of tax policy to industrial enterprise, while the country’s labour regulations should be geared towards industrial promotion and survival.

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