SUSTAINABLE HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA.

Abstract

This paper explored Human Capital Development as that aspect of development that presupposes investments, activities and processes that produce knowledge, skills, health or values that are embodied in people. This   implies building an appropriate balance and critical mass of human resource base and providing an enabling environment for all individuals to be fully engaged and contribute to goals of an organization or a nation. The paper posits that any effort to increase human knowledge enhances skills and productivity and stimulates resourcefulness of individuals as an effort in human capital development. The focus of this paper is on the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, the largest wetland in Africa and third in the world. Recommendations were made inter alia: Strengthening of the development of the human resources and of capacities of public sector institutions through technical assistance and international cooperation;  Creation of an enabling policy environment supportive of the partnership between the public, private and community sectors; Provision of enhanced training and technical assistance to institutions particularly in regard to social, economic and environmental aspects of human settlements development; Provision of direct assistance for human settlement development at the community level in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.