The socio-economic and political importance of transport to any
society or economy cannot be over emphasized. To this end, the
provision of transport infrastructures by government all over the
world had not been taken lightly, it is unfortunate in the developing
countries of the world that most governments are still at the level of
mere facility provision without paying adequate attention to the
performance and functionality of these facilities. Hence, this work
on performance of transportation networks in Ekiti State was
designed to examine and gather the opinion of the people on how
best transportation networks in Ekiti State allow people goods and
services to move unhindered. Data for this work was collected
through the use of questionnaires administered on 600 respondents
tagged endusers from six Local Government areas spread across the
three senatorial districts. Sixty (60) same questionnaires were also
administered on transport professionals to get their opinion on the
performance of transportation networks in the study area. Both
correlated t-test and independent t-test were used to analyse data. It
was revealed that there was a significant difference between peoples
experiences and their expectations of their travel by road in the
study area. It was also found out that there existed a significant
difference between the opinions of transport professionals and the
end users on the performance of roads in the movement of people
goods and services in Ekiti State. The study recommended proper
rehabilitation and reconstruction of all categories of roads in the
study area to enhance their better performance.