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Effect of Entrepreneurship on Wealth Creation in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Francis MichaelDepartment of Business Administration, Adamawa State University Mubi, PMB 25 Mubi, Adamawa State, NigeriaPatience Victor NuhuDepartment of Business Education, Adamawa State College of Education Hong, PMB 25 Hong, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Vol 7 No 7 (2023): Volume 7, Issue 7, July 2023 | Pages: 142-148

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 25-07-2023

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Abstract

Entrepreneurship is one of the ways of creating wealth in every economy. A country might remain backward not for lack of natural resources or dearth of investment capital but because of its inability to tap the entrepreneurial talents existing in that society for wealth creation. This study focuses on the effect of entrepreneurship on employment generation and improved standard of living in Adamawa State. The population for the study comprises 1,694 Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) operating within Mubi Metropolis of Adamawa State. The sample size of 324 was determined using Taro Yamane method of 1973. A combination of purposive and simple random sampling was used to select the respondents. Descriptive statistics and one sample t-test were employed for the data analysis and test of hypotheses respectively. The results show that entrepreneurship generates significant employment and also has significant effects on the standard of living in Adamawa state. It is recommended that the government, at all levels, should provide an enabling business environment that will encourage entrepreneurship. Policy makers equally, should not only introduce practical skills acquisition programs but design it to foster creativity and innovation. This will encourage entrepreneurship to create more employment opportunities and raise the standard of living of the people in Adamawa State.

Keywords

Employment Generation, Entrepreneurship, Standard of Living, Unemployment, Wealth Creation


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Francis Michael, Patience Victor Nuhu, “Effect of Entrepreneurship on Wealth Creation in Adamawa State, Nigeria” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 7, pp 142-148, July 2023. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.707022

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