ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT
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| contents | ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT John N.N Ugoani Grace I. Ibeenwo Administración y Contabilidad ILO Sure UNIDO Poverty Innovation The issues of entrepreneurship development and employment generation continue to receive hi gh attention because of their impact on unemployment and poverty reducti on in many parts of the worl d. The National Directorate of Employment was introduced by government in its efforts towa rd employment generation. In furtherance of attempts toward ta ckling unemployment, addressin g issues of poverty and vulnerabilit y and promoting inclusive fin ance at the grass-root levels, the Directorate has a Special Micro Empowerment Scheme, which is aimed at promoting social inclusio n and job creation. Micro, Small and Medium enterprises such as water/beverage sales, shoemaking, s hining, among other vocation s account for about 99.6 percent of registered businesses in Nige ria by which about 63 percent of the la bour force earn a living. The Directorate has created over 2. 076 million employments since it was established. The NDEs one million job creation programme remain s a wonderful idea in employment generation. The survey research method was used for the study. Surveys refer to an investigatio n of events that exist at the time o f the research and connected wit h some problem situations that is felt over a wide area. Data analysis was done through Pearson’s techniques. The result showed a very str ong positive correlation between entrepreneursh ip development and employment generation. This is the aim of the study. 2015 artículo científico 2236-269X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=449544331007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4495 Independent Journal of Management & Production application/pdf Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo Independent Journal of Management & Production (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.6 |
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| spellingShingle | ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT John N.N Ugoani Administración y Contabilidad ILO Sure UNIDO Poverty Innovation ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT John N.N Ugoani Grace I. Ibeenwo Administración y Contabilidad ILO Sure UNIDO Poverty Innovation The issues of entrepreneurship development and employment generation continue to receive hi gh attention because of their impact on unemployment and poverty reducti on in many parts of the worl d. The National Directorate of Employment was introduced by government in its efforts towa rd employment generation. In furtherance of attempts toward ta ckling unemployment, addressin g issues of poverty and vulnerabilit y and promoting inclusive fin ance at the grass-root levels, the Directorate has a Special Micro Empowerment Scheme, which is aimed at promoting social inclusio n and job creation. Micro, Small and Medium enterprises such as water/beverage sales, shoemaking, s hining, among other vocation s account for about 99.6 percent of registered businesses in Nige ria by which about 63 percent of the la bour force earn a living. The Directorate has created over 2. 076 million employments since it was established. The NDEs one million job creation programme remain s a wonderful idea in employment generation. The survey research method was used for the study. Surveys refer to an investigatio n of events that exist at the time o f the research and connected wit h some problem situations that is felt over a wide area. Data analysis was done through Pearson’s techniques. The result showed a very str ong positive correlation between entrepreneursh ip development and employment generation. This is the aim of the study. 2015 artículo científico 2236-269X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=449544331007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4495 Independent Journal of Management & Production application/pdf Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo Independent Journal of Management & Production (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.6 |
| title | ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT |
| topic | Administración y Contabilidad ILO Sure UNIDO Poverty Innovation |
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