Abstract:
In developing countries like Nigeria, every citizen has the right to learn in order to contribute
effectively towards the growth of the society. In meeting the demand of the United Nations’ millennium
declaration, Nigeria has embarked on many programmes to ascertain the task of reducing poverty in
the country but yet poverty among the populace is still constraining the socio-economic development of
the country. This paper examines the various governmental efforts to reduce poverty as well as draws
attention to the possible ways of rethinking vocational and technical education strategy through
Community – Based Approach (CBA) for actualization of the Millennium Development Goal of poverty
eradication in the country. It recommends among others that more emphasis should be given to
Community- Based Vocational and Technical Education (CBVTE)as a strategy for poverty eradication
and as well, adequate motivation should be provided regularly in terms of credit loans and free
incentives to graduate trainees of CBVTE programmes. This would encourage massive participation
among trainees in the programmes and skills utilization after receiving training by the trainees and in
turn, enable them to contribute their own quota towards the attainment of poverty eradication goal of
MDG in the country.
