Imperative of Human Capacity building and Employee Performance in Enugu State University of Science and Technology 2015-2024

The Study examined the imperative of human capacitybuilding and performance of employees of Enugu StateUniversity of Science and Technology (ESUT) The studyadopted simple random sampling to select the sample fromthe population. Questionnaire, in-depth interview weremajor tools used to elicit data from respondents. Datacollected were analysed using mean and standarddeviation, with a 2.5 cut-off point for acceptance, andhypotheses were tested using regression analysis.Findings revealed that government interference in humancapacity building in ESUT has adversely affectedperformance of employees. Also, the selective methodadopted by the University management in capacitybuilding has also played havoc and impairs performanceof the workers.. The study recommends among others that:the political class should allow the University to run theircapacity building exercise without undue interference. Thestudy also recommends that the selective method adoptedto choose those to undergo capacity building should stopto boost the morale of the employees of the University.