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Constraints to Government’s Capacity Building Programmes in Rural Communities of Rivers State, Southern Nigeria
B.I. Isife, U.A. Nnodim and U.C. Ochomma
Corresponding Author: Davies Onome
Submitted: 2009 July, 05
Accepted: 2009 August, 14
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This study examined the constraints to capacity building programmes established by the Rivers State
Government, Southern Nigeria, in order to improve self-employment skills of her rural citizenry. The state
government established craft centres and rural industries to achieve this objective. A structured interview
schedules were utilized to elicit information from 120 participants of the programmes, using random sampling
technique. Mean scores and t-test were applied for data analysis. The study found that the programmes of the
craft centres and rural industries were largely hindered by poor financial resources, perverse incentives created
by cooperating partners, poor conditions of service, factors encouraging brain drain, and much dependence on
technical assistance. However, insignificant differences existed in the level of constraints affecting the activities
of the craft centres and the rural industries (P>0.05). Suggestions were advanced therefore that both rural
institutions should be merged; improved incentives and grants should be re-considered; and partnership where
governments provide funds, infrastructure and enabling environment, and where private sectors provide
technical knowledge are necessary for improvement in skills and capacity building efforts in the rural
communities.
Key words: Constraints, capacity building, rural rivers state, , , ,
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B.I. Isife, U.A. Nnodim and U.C. Ochomma, . Constraints to Government’s Capacity Building Programmes in Rural Communities of Rivers State, Southern Nigeria. Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, (2): Page No: 23-26.
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