SKILL ACQUISITION AS A PANACEA FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA: A REVIEW
Poverty alleviation has been a serious issue of concern for governments at the national and state level, thereby making several efforts to alleviate or substantially reduce poverty through policies and programs over the years. However, still, the majority of Nigerians are struggling with a high level of illiteracy, out-of-school children, income unaffordability, maternal mortality, malaria, starvation, hunger, and malnutrition, and more than (70%) of the people lack decent housing and cannot afford to pay rent. Skills acquisition programs are the recent strategy adopted by governments to ameliorate the suffering of poor people by giving them the skill to cater to their development. This paper is an x-ray of different skills acquisition training programs and their impact on poverty alleviation using secondary sources of materials. It revealed that skills acquisition has created a new way of tackling poverty and changed people's economic status. It concluded that skills acquisition training program has helped to reduce unemployment, poverty, and crime in societies. Hence, it recommends that efforts be made to strengthen and uphold the continuity of skills acquisition training programs as it has proven to reduce poverty, unemployment, and crime.
Acquisition, Alleviation, Poverty, Programs, Skill,