Occupational health problems of motor vehicle mechanics, welders, and painters in Nigeria.

OR THE past two decades there has been a tremendous increase in the number of occupa-~L tional workers concerned with repairs of motor vehicles* in Nigeria. The occupations grew in response to the phenomenal increase in the number of motor vehicles in the country. Thousands of young men in different parts of the country were attracted to these occupations which they generally regarded as prestigious and lucrative. The workers were popularly known as ’road side mechanics’ because their makeshift work-