THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ON WORKERS’ PRODUCTIVITY (STUDY OF NASSARAWA LGA, KANO)

The study focused on the impact of training and development on workers’ productivity at the Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State. The overall objective of the study is to identify the impact of training and development on workers’ productivity of Nassarawa Local government, Kano State. The study adopted mixed approach and used both primary and secondary data sources. The survey research methodology using a questionnaire was employed in this study to enable the researcher to successfully gain insight on the subject. The findings of this study show that for organizations to see development in employees’ productivity there is the need to develop training programs and ensure employees who are of course the most vital assets of an organization are consistently trained. The study concluded that productivity among employees was varied based on the training given to employees to handle responsibilities in the Organisation, and employees showed better productivity when trained. Furthermore, training had relationship with employee productivity. We take the point of view that training leads to important benefits for individuals, teams, and in Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State in General. The findings of the study indicated that, the major obstacle to staff training identified in Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State is associated with the lack of enough funds for staff training, as it was the inherent culture of government sector where governments are not fully committed toward financing staff training. Hence, the researcher recommended that enough funds for staff training, needs to be adequately provided to the Polytechnic so that they become fully committed toward financing staff training. Government should also create additional support that will provide variety of staff training activities for an increase of Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State productivity.