WEALTH CREATION FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYAND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WEALTH CREATION FOR NIGERIAN YOUTHS THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYAND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Date
2021-08
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SAMBOl, SULEIMAN
SULAEIMAN, HUSSAINI
JIMADA, AISHA
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Abstract
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 createwealth opportunity for Sustainable National EconomicDevelopment, 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 thatICT 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.
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A PAPER PRESENTED AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE/AGM OF THE NIGERIAN
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION KADUNA STATE CHAPTER
VENUE: NARICT BASAWA, ZARIA