| Introduction | | | | quantified with anything as no one can survive |
| Land is said to be as old as Man or even older | | | | without it. Land as a mean of transportation and |
| than Man, it's importance and value cannot be | | | | Land as a shelter ARE what we will be looking into |
| over emphasis. Many [people] don't know how it | | | | in this discussion properly. |
| came to existence but yet can kill or die just to | | | | Land as a means of transportation |
| have a piece of it. Some worships it more than its | | | | Land Transportation is the oldest form of |
| maker; forgetting that without the Maker there | | | | transportation in the world and also the cheapest |
| won't be an inheritance to start with. To purchase | | | | way of transporting goods and services from one |
| a piece of it can cost a fortune mostly in urban | | | | place to another. Before the advent of Cars. Man |
| cities but in rural areas, it can be given away | | | | has been migrating from one place to the other |
| without much pleads. Lands efficacy cannot be | | | | bare footed even before horses and donkeys |
| forgotten in a jiffy. Its importance is not to be | | | | were introduced as a means of transportation as |
| compared with of the other factors of production | | | | well. Land is vital for transportation to take place |
| because they themselves depend solely on it for | | | | properly as non of the other means of |
| the efficiency of their activities. | | | | transportation can survive without the use of |
| SO WHAT THEN IS LAND? | | | | land, For instance the Air transportation takes up |
| Land refers to any portion of the earth crust that | | | | from LAND and also land on LAND. Sea |
| is solid. Land s popularly known as a free gift of | | | | transportation also does likewise as well.In fact, |
| nature. As water has no enemy the same is | | | | transportation solely depend on land for its |
| applicable to land as well. Because both living and | | | | existence. There are two major means of Land |
| non living things can't survive, exist and even last | | | | Transportation [Transportation by Rail and by |
| without land. | | | | Road] but our focus under this section will be on |
| ORIGIN OF LAND | | | | transportation by road. |
| The origination of Land has erupted great | | | | Transportation by Road involves the use of |
| arguments from different fields of life. As | | | | Bicycles, motorcycles, Cars, trucks, tractors and |
| discussed in the introduction above that land is | | | | so on to work on land. This form of |
| older than man, so is its origination as well. | | | | transportation is the easiest and most accessible |
| According to land experts/surveyor's; land is the | | | | form of land transportation in the world because |
| combination of sand and rock particles from the | | | | some of these wheels are cheap and is affordable |
| earth crust. Geographer's also agreeing with it by | | | | by the common man for movement. If the road |
| saying that land originated from the denudation of | | | | is in a bad condition, it will definitely affect the |
| rocks into smaller particles which forms up to | | | | durability of the vehicles plying that route and this |
| become soil. The origin of land can be traced back | | | | might affect the owners of these vehicles |
| to the creation of the world this is the believe of | | | | economically because they will spend the money |
| the theologian's; land is one of the creations of | | | | meant for other things to fix the damages |
| God when He proclaimed LET THERE BE... [Gen | | | | incurred by their cars due to the bad road. So it is |
| 1:1-3].Some other religion [African Traditional | | | | pertinent we keep our roads in good shape to |
| Religion as a case study] argued that a supreme | | | | avoid unnecessary expenses. |
| being known as ELEDUMARE [translated to be | | | | It is the duty of both the government and the |
| God] created everything including land. Philosophers | | | | citizens [The Road users] to keep these roads in |
| counter the belief of both the Theologian's and | | | | good shapes. Now the Big question is what role do |
| the African traditional Religion by saying "There is | | | | WE play in making sure our Road's are in good |
| no God in creation." | | | | conditions as WE use it? The answer is not far |
| USAGE OF LAND | | | | fetched; |
| Every crenature use land every second and | | | | 1. Always make sure you drive with care, |
| every minute of their lives, even the dead need | | | | 2. Don't drink and drive, |
| land for proper rest without, which their remains | | | | 3. Obey traffic rules and regulations and lastly |
| will become hazardous to the human lives | | | | 4. Don't litter the road while you drive. |
| inhabiting there. Land can be used in various ways: | | | | If you can keep to all this things then our roads |
| like Shelter, Farming, Transportation, | | | | will last more and will be free of accidents. The |
| Infrastructure, and Commercial. Security e.t.c In | | | | role of the government is to make sure the |
| the olden days, man Use Mountains as a means | | | | roads are maintained promptly, equipped with |
| of protection against their enemies and these | | | | traffic gadgets [like traffic lights, street lights, |
| mountains as we know are found on land.Land | | | | traffic signs and so on] and above all the |
| serves as an inhabitance for every living creature | | | | government should make sure that law breakers |
| and as inheritance for man. Land usage cannot be | | | | are punished squarely. |