An assessment of the impact of industrial training fund (itf) on youth skill and capability development from 1999-2018

The paper is centred on an assessment of the impact of industrial training fund (ITF) on youth skill and capability development from 1999-2018. Questionnaires were administered to sample the opinion of employees of I.T.F. training and capability development do not have impact on youth, Industrial Training Fund has not fulfilled its enormous potential of ensuring that the required manpower skills and knowledge required by the country in the twenty first century are provided to the Nigeria economy. The paper recommended that adequate training should be given to youth so as to enhance higher productivity and management should critically assess the training and development needs with a view to determined types of training and skill youth should acquire. The study concluded that, training and development is necessary to enable youth compete favourably in today’s competitiveness and highly dynamic global environment.