Safety training and reported barriers among surveyed senior managers

Training is common, but not universal

46.4% (102 of 220) of those who answered the training question selected regular safety compliance training. Responses came from people verified as unique through a liveness check. Among respondents whose country was known, 94.6% (141 of 149) were in Nigeria; country information was not available for everyone.

30.9% (68 of 220) selected occasional training, while 18.2% (40 of 220) selected rare training and 4.5% (10 of 220) selected never. The answers show variation in respondents’ reported access to training. They do not establish whether training met a particular standard or changed workplace behaviour.

Communication and reported priorities

45.9% (101 of 220) of those answering the communication question agreed that safety procedures were adequately communicated in their organisation; 34.1% (75 of 220) strongly agreed. Other respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed, suggesting that communication did not feel adequate to everyone who answered.

37.7% (83 of 220) rated the importance their organisation places on safety compliance as very high, and 31.8% (70 of 220) rated it high. These are respondents’ assessments of their organisations, rather than independent checks of workplace practices.

Reported action meets reported obstacles

76.4% (168 of 220) of those answering about management’s reaction said it takes immediate action on safety compliance reports. Yet 20.9% (46 of 220) said management acknowledges reports but takes no action. Separately, 36.8% (81 of 220) of respondents answering whether they had encountered a safety compliance issue said they had.

47.9% (105 of 219) of those answering the barriers question selected lack of resources, while 37.0% (81 of 219) selected employee apathy. Respondents could select multiple barriers, so these shares describe how often each barrier was selected, not mutually exclusive groups. The responses point to obstacles even where respondents report prompt management action.

What the responses can and cannot show

75.9% (167 of 220) of those answering the productivity question believed safety compliance affects overall workplace productivity significantly. That is a view about a possible effect, not a measurement of productivity. In the age groups compared, differences in reported training frequency and views of communication were not statistically significant; the study does not establish an age-based divide on those questions.

220 approved responses underpin the study. Respondents opted in, so the figures describe the people who answered, not senior managers across Nigeria or any broader population. The findings can help frame questions about safety practices, but they cannot establish how widely those practices occur outside this group.

About these figures

Every figure in this brief was computed from the study's approved responses; the AI that drafted the words could only cite those figures, not supply its own. Age, gender and country come from respondents' verified profiles, and groups too small to show safely are merged. Respondents opted in, so the figures describe the people who answered rather than a whole population. The dataset is sealed, and anyone can check its fingerprint on the Surdatics verification page.