Open AccessTRAINING FOR SKILL ACQUISITION: AN ANTIDOTE FOR EFFECTIVE POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
Author(s) -
J. F. Maigida,
Éric Raymond
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
sokoto educational review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2630-7197
pISSN - 2636-5367
DOI - 10.35386/ser.v15i1.156
Subject(s) - underemployment , poverty , unemployment , poverty reduction , development economics , economic growth , training (meteorology) , developing country , basic needs , economics , geography , meteorology
Poverty is a major focus of concern and an active area of research and policy debate. It is a central problem in development studies because it has been discovered to be rampant in developing countries including Nigeria. The incidence of poverty has been on the increase. Present concern for poverty and poverty reduction worldwide has resulted in both international and domestic initiatives to reduce the miseries of the poor. This paper focuses on the need for training in skill acquisition to all those who need and can use skills as a means for tackling the problem of unemployment and underemployment thereby reducing the incidence of poverty and unemployment in Nigeria.