Due to the sector`s importance and the many challenges it faces, the impact of a synergy approach entrepreneurial orientation model on agribusiness performance is tested. Agribusiness is a key regional sector representing a crucial ratio of employment, economic production and future growth. The purpose of this paper is to advance the entrepreneurial orientation construct understanding through approaching the triple helix actors` synergy system aiming to boost agribusiness sector performance of an emerging economy. Keywords: public-private partnership, skills acquisition, technical college, TVET, fundingĮntrepreneurship researchers have called for more investigation on the contribution of context in advancing entrepreneurship theory. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that colleges may set up a partnership committee to liaise with industries government should do away with making of obnoxious policies that discourage private organisations and National Board on Technical Education may make business grant cum start-up loan available for the graduates of technical colleges. Cronbach alpha technique was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire and a coefficient of 0.69 was obtained.The finding indicated that public-private partnerships existed partially as a strategy for funding technical colleges in Lagos for skills acquisition. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to answer research questions one, two and three while descriptive narratives were used to analyse interview responses. Questionnaire and semi-structured interview were used to collect data. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 50 teachers. The population of the study comprised of all the 350 academic staff in the five government technical colleges in Lagos state. It was a cross-sectional descriptive study adopted a mixed method research design. Four research questions guided the study. This study examined the state of Public-Private Partnerships in technical colleges in Nigeria, using Lagos state as a case study.
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