VOCATIONAL SKILL ACQUISITION BY WOMEN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN UYO SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Abstract

Despite the emphasis placed on women empowerment at international scenes, the issue of women empowerment in Nigeria has become unnecessarily replete with rhetoric without adequate strategies to achieve it. The study was conducted to investigate vocational skill acquisition by women and sustainable development in Uyo senatorial district. Development (hairdressing, fashion design, culinary arts, computer technician and graphic design) on economic empowerment (income; and Productivity) among women in selected States in Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design and sourced data by Administering questionnaires to 665 women from the designated States (Uyo, 318; , Itu 193; Etinan, 154) who had to have benefited from Training and skill development programs in each of the LGAs of the Senatorial District were given copies of a well-structured Questionnaire. The analytical methods used to describe the nature of the data include Kurtosis, Skewness, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Simple Percentage. Using correlation analysis, Pearson Products A study was done to determine the extent to which women in Uyo Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State t Nigeria’s Progress toward self reliance and skill development. Regression analysis was used in the study to determine the association between women’s vocational skills and self-reliance in Uyo Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. The results of linear multiple regression analysis for the effect of skill development is Significant on the income of women in the Uyo Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria revealed the presence of a significant effect (F(5,544) =355.674, p= 0.000). This Result implies that skill development significantly affect the income of of women in the Uyo Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Conclusively, skill development Affect economic empowerment of women in Uyo Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. In addition, based on the finding of the study that (hairdressing, fashion design, culinary arts, computer technician and graphic design)has significant effect on economic empowerment (income) Among women in selected Uyo Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, the study therefore recommended that governments in the three-tier of governance should Focus more of their attention on empowering women through vocational trainings so as to improve on their income thereby making them to be More relevant in the scheme of things most especially in view of the skyrocketed cost of living all over the world.