Volume 12 Issue 1, January, 2024

Poverty Eradication and Future Transformation in Nigeria: The Place Of Business Education Programme

Yahya, Lateefat Oludare., Ikuenomore, Samuel Sayo & Balogun, Abiodun Muftau

Abstract

The place of business education programme in poverty eradication and future transformation of the citizens of a nation, Nigeria inclusive, cannot be overemphasized. It is one of the programmes/courses that are recognized for establishing the citizenry entrepreneurial skills that create employment opportunities and drive the recipients to be self-reliant and self-empowered even in the face of economic recession. The course is not only centred on foundation for commercial growth of an individual or a nation but lays great emphasis on global transformation. Thus, this paper discusses the concept of poverty, its types, causes and the measures to palliate it. The paper also probes the hindrances bedevilling business education as a tool for poverty eradication and future transformation. It is recommended, among others, that government should provide more functional equipment as well as the enabling environment that will foster the needed training for business education students at all levels of education. The recipients of Business Education should also be productive and character-wise so as to be able to practicalise what they have learnt while in school in order to become employers of labour rather than job seekers.

Keywords

Business education, Poverty Eradication, Future Transformation, Entrepreneurial Skills, Employment Opportunities

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