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Abstract
This research work was aimed at investigating the impact of motivation on workers performance in the Nigerian oil and gas industry: A case study of Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (K.R.P.C). Two hypotheses were tested. The first is to test if there were sufficient incentives that can motivate one to work The Chi square coefficient was found to be 7.420 with the probability value (p-value) of 0.006. Since the P-value is less than the 5% (0.05) level of significance, the Null hypothesis of no significant difference is rejected and the alternative was upheld. The responses from the respondents were not due to chance. The second hypothesis was to test whether an increase in motivation has significant effect or not on employees’ performance. The results showed that increase in motivational tools has significant effect on employees’ performance. By implication, employees of KRPC will want to work more if the motivational tools are increased. From the two hypotheses tested, it was established that, motivation has statistically positive impact on the performance of the employees of KRPC and besides, increase in the motivational tools also made the employees show more commitment to their job. Keywords: Motivation, Performance, Workers, Industry, Oil and gas