Title: Capacity Building And Sustainable Development Efforts Of National Population Commission, Awka, Anambra State.
Authors: Stella Chinelo Nwagbalaand Obijiaku, Chimamkpa Promise
Volume: 8
Issue: 10
Pages: 244-254
Publication Date: 2024/10/28
Abstract:
This study explored the relationship between capacity building and sustainable development efforts of the National Population Commission, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. Specifically, it examined the relationship between technological upgrade and accountability, it also determined the relationship between skills enhancement and resource efficiency of the National Population Commission, Awka, Anambra State. This study was anchored on Resource-Based View (RBV) theory, by Jay Barney, 1991. The study employed a survey research design. The population of the study was 190. Hypotheses were tested with Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 27). Hypothesis one revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between technological upgrade and accountability of the National Population Commission, Awka, Anambra State with r = 0.876, n = 190, and p-value of 0.000 (p<0.05). Hypothesis two showed that there is a positive significant relationship between skills enhancement and resource efficiency of the National Population Commission, Awka, Anambra State with r = 0.647, n = 190, and p-value of 0.015 (p<0.05). The study concludes that there is a positive and statistically significant relationship between capacity building and sustainable development efforts of the National Population Commission, Awka, Anambra State. The study recommends that the government needs to upgrade the technology used by the National Population Commission to improve its accountability. Also, the National Population Commission needs to enhance the skills of its staff which will instill resource efficiency.