Abstract: This paper seeks to assess the Manpower Needs in Jos North Local Government Council by identifying and examining the numerical strength of the man power in the council, determining the level of educational attainment and the work experience of the man power. The population of 560 from the seven departments in the local government council were served with questionnaires, a simple random sampling technique was adopted based on the number of personnel in each department, 64% response rate was recorded representing 360 questionnaires. The data was analyzed using statistical tabulations. The findings of the study revealed that the manpower of the council was characterized by a huge proportion of females (51.6%), the remaining 48.4% were male. The age structure shows that the people in age group of 40-44years constituted 16% of the sampled population. 50.3% of the respondents had post secondary education qualification and 69.9% of the respondents have a working experience of not less than 15years. Based on these results recommendations were made to assist policy makers, practitioners and the academia.
Keywords: Assessment, Manpower Needs, Jos North LGC.
Title: An Assessment of Manpower Needs in Jos North Local Government Council, Plateau State Nigeria
Author: Gyang, L.D, Wapwera, S.D, Gwanshak, J.Y
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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