Abstract:

This paper scrutinises the effect of employee training on job satisfaction in the Nigerian public sector. With a reliance on secondary data, the paper observed that the Nigerian public sectors had been equated with poor performance because the employees are dissatisfied and ill-equipped with the necessary skills to adequately execute their responsibilities in the organisation. The job satisfaction of the employees has been seen to be jeopardised with  the lack of effective training needed for them to be relevant. Findings portray that lack of sufficient funding, poor organisation of training activities, inadequate training needs evaluation, and inappropriate approach for rendering training programmes are obstacles altering public sector effective training of its employees which has then endangered their job satisfaction and service delivery. This paper therefore, proposes that specific and thoroughly planned training programmes that aim to enhance employees' job satisfaction in the Nigerian public sector should be implemented. All training should be vetted to ensure its relevance to the employees' jobs. Adequate funds should also be provided to ensure the continuity of the training and its availability to all the employees in the organisation. It was therefore concluded that job satisfaction in Nigeria public sector is contingent on proper employee training.