The greatness of any nation is a function of the availability of a critical mass of educated, trained, skilled, and developed human resources that provide a reliable labour supply to patriotically drive the political economy at the macro-economies level. The quality of human resources/capital at the disposal of any society serves as the fulcrum for transforming and sustaining the society from an underdeveloped/developing to a developed society. The capability to exploit resources in the environment, build and sustain what has been built for the continuous benefit of mankind and the environment without harm, is a product of man’s capacity and skills generated to engender collective social progress, which is an upshot of human capital development. Therefore, the paper examined the imperative of human capital development for the achievement of sustainable development. A descriptive content analysis research approach was adopted in the study. The finding demonstrates that for society to develop and sustain its development, it must, first of all, develop its human capital/resource so as to generate the needed capacity and skills required to develop society at large. This is a desideratum since it is a developed people that develop the society and sustain it.

Keywords: Human capital/resource, human capital development, sustainable development, resource based view, development