Manpower development and perspective planning for Nigeria

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Title:	Manpower development and perspective planning for Nigeria
Author:	Oladeji, S. Idowu
Year:	1989
Periodical:	The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies
Volume:	31
Issue:	1-3
Pages:	130-153
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	labour force national plans
Abstract:	Perspective planning should bring employment objectives into a sharper focus than has hitherto been the case in Nigeria. The recognition of employment as a major development policy goal would shift the role of manpower planning from the periphery, as in the medium-term national development plans which have characterized Nigeria's planning history to date, to the initial, foundation stage of the overall planning process. While the projection of manpower requirements is imperative in the perspective framework, the choice of the most efficient estimation technique is constrained by the dearth of statistical data. An interim measure is to find an alternative to the employers' forecast or the use of the vacancy rate figure. Such an alternative should take cognizance of the limited data available. Bibliogr., sum.