Effect of national social investment programme (NSIP) on human capital development in Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study appraised the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) Human Capital development in Enugu State. National Social  Investment programme was launched by the federal government of Nigeria to reduce poverty and hunger and also to address the  challenge around human capital development, with the aim of reducing poverty and creating wealth in order to tackle economic  vulnerability in the country. Welfare state theory was adopted for the study. The welfare state originated in Germany during 19th century  by German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. The specific objectives of the study were to: examine the effect of N-Power Programme in  enhancing employee development in Enugu State, identify the contribution of Government enterprise and empowerment programme (GEEP) on reduction of poverty and identify the contribution of Home Grown School Feeding Progamme (HGSFP) on growth rate of  education in Enugu State. This study was conducted using survey research design. The study employed primary and secondary sources of  data. The population of the study was 1106681. Wimmer and Dominick formula was used to determine the sample size of 384. The  collected data was analysed through the use of SPSS. The Chi-square Analysis Technique was applied in testing the hypotheses. The  finding revealed that N Power Programme had a significant effect on employee development, that government enterprise and  empowerment programme had contributed significantly in poverty reduction and that National Home Grown School Feeding Programme  had a significant contribution in education growth rate in Enugu state. The study concluded that the programme exposes  youths in Enugu State to economic empowerment and capacity building. The study recommended that Enugu State government should  create more skill acquisition centers to train the youths on necessary skills needed to drive various enterprises in Enugu State since most  of the youths lacks necessary skills.