WEALTH CREATION FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WEALTH CREATION FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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2021-08-05
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SAMBO, Suleiman,
SULAEIMAN, Hussaini,
JIMADA, Aisha
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The paper look at wealth creation for Nigerian youths through entrepreneurship and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for sustainable national economic development. ICT is the digital processing and utilization of information by the use of electronic computers. It covers all forms of computer and communications equipment and software used to create, design, store, transmit, interpret and manipulate information in its various formats. The quality 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 wealth 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) etc. The paper concluded that ICT skills and entrepreneurship development leads to economic development, job creativity, economic sustainability, individual self-reliance, improved standard of living better awareness and practice. The way forward for proper wealth creation 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 ICT skills, infrastructures, enacting and formulating of laws and policies that will aid entrepreneurship development in the country.
Keywords: ICT, Entrepreneur, Wealth Creation, Economic Development, Youths
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A PAPER PRESENTED AT CONFERENCE/AGM OF THE NIGERIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION KADUNA STATE CHAPTER WITH THE THEME “TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA”
VENUE: NARICT BASAWA, ZARIA
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WEALTH CREATION,, NIGERIAN YOUTHS,, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY,, ENTREPRENEURSHIP,, NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT