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CAPACITY BUILDING AS A PANACEA TO UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

IBIJOJU Taiwo Reuben (PhD), ADEYEMI Gideon Oluwatoba, ADEKANMBI John Ayodele, PhD, AWE Solomon Olurotimi

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Abstract

Human capital development has been identified as an integral avenue through which a nation can achieve sustainable development. Unemployment has been seen as a callous warm that eats deep unto the development of a nation, hence, the urgent need to address the menace. Knowing fully well that the government alone cannot provide employment for all the teeming youths in society, notwithstanding, it can empower them to be self-reliant and even make them to become employers of labour. This can easily be achieved through capacity building. This study explores the concept of capacity building and how it can serve as a solution to the menace of unemployment in Nigeria, particularly, Ondo State. The study explores both conceptual and empirical reviews of the concepts of capacity building as well as unemployment. Since the total number of unemployed citizens in Ondo State is unknown, Z score formula was adopted to determine the desire sample size of 100. Primary data were collected through the use of self-administered questionnaire. Data were analysed using Regression Analysis. The result showed there that capacity building has significant influence on unemployment rate in Ondo State, Nigeria. Government should invest more in capacity building in order to reduce unemployment rate in the state.  

Keywords: Capacity building, Panacea, Unemployment, Capacity program, Ondo State.