Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi

Entrepreneurship And Human Capital Development: Veritable Tools For Poverty Reduction In Kaduna State Nigeria

Enobun-nwidi Patience Enyiamaka, Isah, Abdullahi Ibrahim &Muhammad, Lawal

Abstract

This study examined the impact of entrepreneurship development on poverty reduction in Kaduna State. The study employed survey research design. Purposive or judgmental sampling was adopted to select respondents whose opinions are relevant and to make valuable decisions. Thus, 452 samples were arrived at based on value judgement that the respondents are very knowledgeable in the subject matter. The unit of analysis of this paper are; (170 farmers, 150 small scale business owners and 132 skills acquisition trainers in different skills) in 23 local government areas in Kaduna State. The instrument for data collection was closed-ended structured questionnaire. The face validity assessment was done by the issuance of a copy of the questionnaire each to three experts in the field. Cronbach alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability of instruments used at 0.7. Data were coded using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. Hypotheses were tested using multiple regression. The findings revealed that agriculture, small scale businesses and skills acquisition have positive significant impact on poverty reduction in Kaduna State. The paper recommended that the government and other stakeholders should continue to; improve their budgetary allocation in agriculture to ensure rapid increase in the output of agriculture like fishery, livestock, crops, forestry and staple which reduce the rate of poverty; they should continue to support smallscale businesses through various forms of funding like soft loans and grants and also provide social amenities to facilitate the operation of small scale businesses which reduces poverty in the country; they should do more by establishing entrepreneurship training and skills acquisition centres at local government levels and inculcate into the school’s curriculum at all level to instill entrepreneurial drive, which promotes job creation, wealth creation and human capital development through entrepreneurial skill acquisition and training thus reducing poverty in the society.

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