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    SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WEALTH CREATION FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS THROUGH ENTERPRENEURSHIP AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
    (Nigerian Library association, Kaduna State Chapter, 2019-06-26) Goshie, Rhoda Wusa; JImada, Aisha; Sambo, Suleiman
    The quality of performance of the entrepreneur determines whether capital would grow rapidly or slowly and whether the growth involves innovations. Entrepreneurship is a veritable tool for the achievement of inclusive growth and consequently sustainable development. In order to reduce unemployment and create jobs opportunity for Sustainable National Economic Development, Federal Government introduced some programmes such as NPower., Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative (YEDI), Start-up Nigeria 2019, Trader Money, African Youth Empowerment of Nigeria (AYEN) e.t.c. The paper examines the role of Information and Communication Technology in job creation, sustainable national economic development and wealth creation. The paper concluded and recommended that entrepreneurship development leads to economic development, job creativity, economic sustainability, individual self reliance, improved standard of living better awareness and practice. For a proper and sustainable entrepreneurship development Federal Government and indeed other tiers of government in Nigeria should provide the enabling environment for the activities of entrepreneurs like provision of infrastructures, enacting and formulating of laws and policies that will aid entrepreneurship development in the country.
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    Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Entrepreneurial Perspectives of Federal University of Technology Minna Students
    (Ahmadu Bello University Library Complex International Conference,, 2021) Abduldayan, F. J; Habib, T.O; Yelwa, I.M; Danjuma, F.
    COVID-19 pandemic has drastically shutdown academic activities and other extra-curricular activities that students engage in. For this reason, most students venture into developing their entrepreneurial activities which created a means of adapting to the new normal. This study was carried out to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on students’ perspectives on entrepreneurship using a case study of Federal University of Technology, Minna. In order to achieve this study, four research objectives and research questions were constructed. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of379 students in Federal University of Technology, Minna. Closed-ended questionnaire and interview were used to collect data and responses were gotten from 355 participants. Data collected were analyzed using frequency distribution tables and percentages. The findings showed that COVID-19 had positive impacts on the students' perspectives of entrepreneurship. Therefore, it was recommended that the university management should introduce more courses that are entrepreneurial inclined into the curriculum and provide conducive environment that will help to promote entrepreneurial programs.