INVESTIGATION INTO EFFECTIVENESS OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE) TRAINING STRATEGY ON CLUSTER OF BUSINESS LINKAGES AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT TOWARDS POVERTY REDUCTION
Keywords:
Effectiveness, Cluster, Business Linkages, Domestic Investment.Abstract
The paper examined the effectiveness of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) training
strategy on cluster of business linkages and domestic investment towards poverty
reduction. Two research questions guided the study. The population consisted of 47,298
beneficiaries of NDE training in Oyo State, total of 4,729 respondents were selected
through stratified sampling technique. The study adopted survey design. A four point
structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by
four experts. An internal consistency of 0.80 was obtained using Croncbach Alpha
correlation co-efficient. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research
questions. The study showed that the cluster of business linkages and domestic
investment training strategies of NDE were effective. It was concluded that NDE training
strategies reduced unemployment problems in Oyo State. It was recommended among
others that linkages, networking, collaboration and association should take priority in the
NDE training and that the NDE should continue its training ondomestic investment.
