Analysis of the Influence of the Skills Acquisition Programmes of the National Directorate of Employment on Job Creation in Abia State, Nigeria

This study was conducted to assess the the skill acquisition programs of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in
generating employments by its beneficiaries in Abia state. The sample comprise of 108 beneficiaries, It also showed that
the beneficiaries of the Agricultural Employment Programme (AEP) created the highest number of jobs by claiming
40.79% of jobs created. Furthermore, beneficiaries of the vocational skills development generated 14.92% of the jobs
created among the 4 major skills acquisition programmes while beneficiaries from the Small Scale Enterprise Programme
(SSE) generated 17% of jobs created. It further implies that the Agricultural Employment Programme (AEP) is better
equipped with the necessary logistics and manpower to create jobs. In addition, results from the multiple regression
analysis showed that specifically, age, NDE training, sex and business type, are significantly related to employment
generation by the beneficiaries of the programme