Entrepreneurship Development: A Panacea for Unemployment Reduction in Nigeria

AYODELE, OLORUNTOBA CHURCHILL, OZIMEDE, ELIZABETH I. & ALHAJI, SALIHU MOHAMMED

Department of Business Administration & Management,

Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State

Email: ayodelechurchill@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the need for promoting employment in Nigeria through the development of entrepreneurship. This paper relies on secondary data from various authors and other institutional publications. The paper however concludes that the government and its agencies should deliberately encourage entrepreneurial culture and skills in Nigeria in order to attack the level of unemployment situation in the country.

Keywords:     Entrepreneurship, Unemployment, Employable, Development and Empowerment