LAWRENCE EDET NSA - St Clements University

The issue in contention is the kind of practices adopted in
managing these organizations that encumbered their
performance over the years. In fact, the situation has reached
a point where government in recent years is finding it difficult
to continually fund RTOs. Also, domestic industries are not
keen in funding research because of their seeming lack of faith
in the managerial capabilities of these organizations. This
development, to an extent, explains why RTOs are alienated
from the beneficiaries of their research efforts.
The lack of effective linkage between RTOs and
manufacturing industries in Nigeria could be indirectly linked
to the low performance of these industries in terms of
innovativeness, technological capability, competitiveness and
overall capacity utilization. In essence local industries are not
technologically innovative and have little or no drive for long-
term investment in technologies. Consequently they cannot
compete in both domestic and export markets. Contrary to
the prevailing situation in Nigeria, in developed countries,
RTOs assist industries especially small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) to develop by providing technical and
business extension services, laboratory testing facilities
problem solving as well as research and development
assistance.
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