THE EFFECT OF TRANINIG AND DEVELOPMENT ON EMPLOYEES' PERFORMANCE:A STUDY OF IFELODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE

Abstract

This study examines the effect of Training and Development on employees' performance
taken Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State as a Case Study, to achieve this,
the study employed both secondary and primary mode of data collection. The secondary
materials used include textbooks, journals, seminar paper presentations and internet
facilities while primary data were collected through a well-structured questionnaire and
interview administered on both senior and junior selected staff of Ifelodun Local
Government Area of Kwara State. The data generated from the field were presented and
analyzed with descriptive statistics while the corresponding hypothesis was tested with
the chi-square. The findings affirmed that there is relationship between regular
training/development and the employees' performance. On this note, it is safe to
recommend that continuous training and retraining of the staff of this local government
will improve good governance and effective service delivery to the entire citizens of this
local government.