CAPACITY BUILDING AS A PROACTIVE ACTION TOWARDS YOUTHS’ DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY IN IGBO LAND

Abstract

Capacity-building is very important especially for youths of the Eastern Nigeria, with particular reference to Igbo. Igbos are unarguable the most intelligent and industrious ethnic nationality in Africa. By this, capacity-building is a resource facilitator for them. This research discourse therefore examines the role of capacity building in youths’ empowerment in Igbo land; role of capacity in youths’ skill acquisition in Igbo land, as well the role of capacity building in entrepreneurship development in Igbo land. Findings showed that capacitybuilding has various dimensions; and it is very important in the resourcefulness and flourishing sociocultural tendencies of the Igbos.