Skillpractices on textile care extension delivery of poverty alleviation programme in nigeria

This study assessed entrepreneurial skill practices on textile care extension delivery in Nigeria. It specifically determined level of knowledge; identified training opportunities availableto the entrepreneurial; and examined textile care socio-technical related variables influencing skill practices. The study was conducted in Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedurewas used in selecting six states, ten percent of Local Government Areas (LGAs) in each selected state, and four communities from each LGAs for the study. Simple random samplingtechnique was employed in selecting 20 percent of the entrepreneurial in each of the sampledcommunity.A total of eight hundred and sixty four entrepreneurial were selected and interviewed. Likert's scale of approach was used in measuring level of knowledge. Descriptivestatistics was used in data analysis, and correlation analysis was employed in makinginferences. The study showed that, 98.0 percent of the respondents had low level of knowledgeonfiber andfabric identification. Ninety percent has no access toformal training on textile care. At P 0.05 and 0.01 level of significant, there was positive and significant relationship between level of knowledge on [sorting (r = 0.504**), washing style (r = 0.427*)); complexity (r = - 0.486*); income (r = 0.765**) and skill practices. It was concludedthat, skill practices on textile care enterprise by the entrepreneurial were poor. The study recommended that, provisions be made available for short and long term skill acquisition and development, through establishing training institutes for textiles care in nigeria