Successful Nigeria Political Transition and Human Capital Training and Development at Grass Roots Level

The public service is deeply involved in shaping the values and practices of the society in which it operates. To be able to perform these functions; the staff must be trained and developed in their requisite skills. In view of these, this paper intend to identify the extent that Nigerian Local Government has achieved its aims and objectives as stated in the training policy of Nigerian Local Government Commission .It also intends to evaluate how effective and adequate are training and development programmes as well as assess the benefits of training and development to both the staff and the society and states their impact in sustaining a successful Nigerian political transition. This paper then suggests methods of improving the human capital development in Nigeria public service.