Touting Vocation in Lagos State Transportation Corridors

Criminological studies have examined activities of touts popularly called 'areaboys' from the deviant perspectives but had overlooked the trend and directions of touting as a career among unemployed males and migrant youths in the corridors of road transport in Nigeria. This study therefore investigated touting as a vocation and survival strategy in Lagos state transportation corridors. It specifically examined the pull and push factors promoting touting as a career; the challenges and prospects in touting; and the economic importance of touts in Lagos metropolis.