POPULATION AND PRODUCTIVITY: UTILITY DILEMMA IN NIGERIA
Abstract:This paper examined the impact of a
population’s productivity considering the population utility ambience. The
study adopted the content analysis techniques where relevant literatures were
reviewed. The study observed that a society’s population is vibrant and
productive when the utility ambience is such that fully and genuinely encourage
and engage its skilled and unskilled manpower. While docility and poor
productivity are the features of societies where their population irrespective
of how large, if encouragement and engagement opportunities are rift. The study
further observed that beyond engagement opportunities, qualitative and
consistent capacity building and development for a nation’s population with
functional leadership are the desired variables required for high productivity.
The paper is of the view that nations desiring higher productivity must address
the following critical issues: leadership failure through leadership selection
process, strengthening of legislations, comprehensive capacity building
framework, promotion of local inventions and utilization, engagement of local
competences and putting service providers to constant task.