NIGERIA PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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2022-03-08
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BERKELEY PUBLICATION AND RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, Bayero University, Kano, PMB 3011, Kano State, Nigeria.
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the paper examined Nigeria perspectives on role of entrepreneurship in achieving sustainable economic development. It grasps entrepreneurship as panacea towards achieving sustainable economic development in Nigeria. The objective of the paper was to determine whether entrepreneurship can lead to sustainable economic development in Nigeria. The study builds on existing literatures on sustainable development and entrepreneurship as base for the study, it employs both theoretical and empirical literatures with the aid of secondary data. Findings reveal that entrepreneurship, if given needed attention by the government, sustainable economic development will be achieved in the country in no distant time. The paper concluded that entrepreneurship is essential for rapid and sustained economic growth and sustainable development in the country. It therefore recommends that Nigerians should exploit the various economic opportunities in the economy to their advantage, government and other institutions should also channel their effort towards building desirable entrepreneurship development practices and also create a favourable environment for entrepreneurship development which will be devoid of social insecurity that hampers foreign and domestic investment, and adequate infrastructural facilities be put in place.
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