SUPPORTIVE MOVEMENT AND SKILLED DEVELOPMENT IN AKWA IBOM STATE (A CASE STUDY OF NON-ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITY OF UYO, UYO)
ABTSRACT
This study examines Supportive Movement and Skilled Development among non-academic staff union of university if Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State. in achieving the goal: from research objectives were developed to determine the form of Supportive movement adopted by the non-academic staff of the University of Uyo, Uyo to find out how Supportive movement contributed to the skilled development of non-academic staff of the university of Uyo, Uyo, to examine the challenge of Supportive movement of the non-academic staff of the University of Uyo, Uyo and to a certain the level of participation of non-academic staff of University of Uyo in the Supportive movement. in order to achieve these objectives, the survey research method was used with the questionnaire as the major instrument administered to member of university of Uyo non-academic staff mutti-purpose Supportive society limited (UNICOOP). The study adopted both cluste and simple random sampling method is selected a sample size of 332, from the population using Philip Meyer’s standard. The study established that non-academic staff union of the University of Uyo, Uyo adopted mainly produce or workers from the Supportive movement. that the movement had great influence on the well being of member through encouragement of small and medium scale business as well as domestic savings. The study also revealed the major challenge facing Supportive movement in Akwa Ibom state was lack of awareness lack f government support and bad cultural and ethnic practices. And that participation of non-academic staff of the University of Uyo Supportive Movement was high. It is therefore recommended that the adequate awareness about Supportive movement should be given to members of non-academic staff union of the University of Uyo. That government and management of the university should fully support the movement financially. That doing so would help encourage more skilled development naming members.