Analysis Of The Influence Of The Skills Acquisition Programms Of The National Directorate Of Employment On Job Creation In Abia State.

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The study assessed the the skill acquisition programs of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in generating employments by its beneficiaries in Abia state. The sample comprised 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.  
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