An Appraisal of NDDC Vocational Skills Acquisition Programme and Socioeconomic Wellbeing of the People in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study evaluated the connection between the socioeconomic well-being of residents in the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria, and the NDDC vocational skills acquisition program. For the study, a cross-sectional survey design was chosen. The study's target population consisted of 546,782 persons who were at least 18 years old. For the study, three sample techniques were used: simple random sampling, cluster sampling, and purposive sampling. 1,200 adults, both male and female, who lived in the study region made up the sample. Focus group discussions (FGDs), interviews, and questionnaires were the instruments used to gather data. Respondents were given a questionnaire with both closed- and open-ended questions. At the 0.05 level of significance, the study used Simple Linear Regression Analysis to test the hypothesis. The people's socioeconomic well-being and the acquisition of occupational skills were found to be positively correlated. The study's conclusions led to several recommendations, including that the government adopt a bottom-up approach to project selection and implementation, reevaluate the commission's needs assessment strategy to better reflect the needs of the populace, and strengthen and reorganize the vocational skill acquisition programs run by the NDDC in the study area to increase their efficacy.