Clothing and Textile Skills: A Strategy for Optimizing Human Capital Development for Sustainable Family Living Amid Socio-Economic Challenges in Yobe State. (Published)
This study researched on Clothing and Textile Skills: A Strategy for Optimizing Human Capital Development for Sustainable Family Living amid Socio-Economic Challenges in Yobe State. Survey design method was adopted. Four research questions guided the study. Population of the study was drawn from all the families in Yobe State. Simple random sampling was used to select a sample of 200 families, comprising of Home Economics/Scientist, lecturers, teachers and students. Structured questionnaire was used to elicit data from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that, if Clothing and Textile skills were optimized, it will boost human capital development in entrepreneurship skill acquisition, business venturing, innovation and creativity amongst others. This can sustain and stabilize families financially amid socio-economic challenges facing Nigeria presently. Based on the findings, recommendations were made.
Citation: Obiana, Uche Viola , Fadipe, E. O. and Ojiude, Perpetua U. (2022) Clothing and Textile Skills: A Strategy for Optimizing Human Capital Development for Sustainable Family Living Amid Socio-Economic Challenges in Yobe State, International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability, Vol.10, No.2, pp.27-38
Keywords: Human Capital Development, Optimizing, Strategies., clothing and textile skills, socio-economic challenges., sustainable family living
The Dynamics of Human Capital Development and Industrial Growth in Nigeria (Published)
This article is aimed at providing empirical evidence on the impact of human capital development on industrial growth in Nigeria. Time series data spanning 1976-2016 period on relevant variables were analyzed using both descriptive and econometric techniques. ADF procedures were used to test for stationarity of the variables. The results show that the variables moved towards equilibrium in the long-run. The results also show that recurrent expenditure on education and health has a negative impact on industrial growth. The goodness of fit was encouraging. This article asserts that rigorous pursuance of graduate skill acquisition programmes as well as adherence to the 26 per cent minimum budgetary allocation demanded by UNESCO for education which will spur improvement in human capital development will impact industrial growth positively. More-so, incentives such as tax holidays, pioneer reliefs and exemptions that aids increased investment in industrial growth be vigorously pursued by governments at all levels in Nigeria.
Keywords: Exchange Rate, Human Capital Development, Industrial Growth, Nigeria, expenditure on education, expenditure on health, gross capital formation