Business Education and Entrepreneurship Challenges in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper looks into the concepts and the need for entrepreneurship which is very paramount in effecting the needed change in the society. It discusses the importance of entrepreneurial roles of business education programme as a way of enhancing wealth creation and provision of employment opportunities.  A survey design was adopted for the study while the population was made up of the graduates of business education of tertiary institutions in Ekiti State. Questionnaire was the main instrument used in collecting the data used for the study. The findings shows that entrepreneurship through business education programme  in Nigeria is bewildered with a lot of challenges, which may deprive the nation from enjoying the maximum benefits accrued from it. It was therefore concluded that the enormous contributions of entrepreneurship to the economy of the nation demands that greater attention is paid to its development through sustainable business education in Nigeria.  Finally, it was recommended that training and development programme through sustainable business education programme should be rigorously pursued as this would adequately improve entrepreneurial skills.