APPRAISING EFFECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMMES PROLIFERATION ON ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA

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Unemployment and poverty are two major twin challenges to sustainable economic development in Nigeria. The myriad of economic policies and programmes adopted to address the unsavory trend had failed, thus, resulted into implementation of Entrepreneurship training programme in Nigeria. This study was therefore carried out on the attenuating effects of entrepreneurship training programme on economic sustainability in South-West, Nigeria. descriptive survey research design was used. The study population comprised, facilitators and clientele of Entrepreneurship training programme across the six states that made up South-West, Nigeria, (Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti and Osun). The sample six of the study was One hundred and ninety (190) subjects, selected through a stratified proportional sampling technique. The research instrument that was used to collect data was self-developed by the researchers, entitled “Questionnaire on Effects of Entrepreneurship Training on Economic Sustainability in South West Nigeria QAEETES” fashioned on four likert rating scale. The instrument was validated by two experts in Test and Measurement at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, while its reliability was done, through test-retest method at two weeks interval and 0.70 coefficient reliability, obtained. The research questions were analysed, using descriptive statistics (frequency counts, simple percentages and means), while research hypothesis was done, through inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation PPMC). Based on the results, conclusion were made that the proliferation of Entrepreneurship training programmes could sustain the economy of South-West, Nigeria. Based on the conclusion, recommendations were made that more of entrepreneurship training centres should be created, the training should be adequately funded and all logistics for its sustainability, provided etc.

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