Research Article

EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ACQUISITION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION: EVIDENCE FROM NYSC MEMBERS IN CHANCHAGALOCAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGER STATE

EMMANUEL ADESOLA OLUREMI1*, ABDULLAHI BABANDAKO YUSUF1, SHUAIB NDAGI SAYEDI1
1 DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, IBRAHIM BADAMASI BABANGIDA UNIVERSITY, LAPAI NIGER STATE
* Corresponding author: dessybjay@yahoo.com
Published: Dec, 2024
DOI: 10.68022/kmr.2024.lgybffjy
Pages: 3-30
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Downloads: 3

Abstract

Many graduates and NYSC members have low entrepreneurial intention despite having acquired knowledge ofentrepreneurship skillsfrom Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) and universities. They attribute their challenges to lacking entrepreneurship skills, including innovation, technical, management, andpersonal skills as well as proper accounting. This study examined the effect entrepreneurial skills acquisition on entrepreneurship intention among NYSC members in Chanchaga Local Government ofNiger State. The study used a survey research method. The instrument used was structured questionnaire which was measured using 5-point Likert scale. A sample of two hundred andfourteen (214) NYSC members using Taro Yamane (1973) sample size was selectedfrom the population of four hundred and sixty-one (461) NYSC members in Chanchaga local government using convenience non probability sampling technique. Multiple regression analysis was usedfor testing ofhypotheses. The result of the multiple regression shows that skills acquisition have  significant effect on entrepreneurship intention among NYSC members in Chanchaga Local Government of Niger State. As a result, the study recommended, among other things. Instructors employed by Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) should be trained to use teaching methods that foster the acquisition of technical, management, innovative, and personal skills. The government should create regulatory frameworks that will incentivize network groups, banks, incubators, andprofessional services to help young science entrepreneurs, as well as the facilities and equipment requiredfor skills acquisition that willfoster creativity and innovation.

Keywords

Skills Acquisition Entrepreneurship Intention Entrepreneurial Skills NYSC Members

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How to Cite

OLUREMI, E. A., YUSUF, A. B., & SAYEDI, S. N. (2024). EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ACQUISITION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION: EVIDENCE FROM NYSC MEMBERS IN CHANCHAGALOCAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGER STATE. Kaduna Marketing Review, 2(2), 3-30. https://doi.org/10.68022/kmr.2024.lgybffjy

E. A. OLUREMI, A. B. YUSUF, and S. N. SAYEDI, "EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ACQUISITION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION: EVIDENCE FROM NYSC MEMBERS IN CHANCHAGALOCAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGER STATE," Kaduna Marketing Review, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3-30, December 2024. doi: 10.68022/kmr.2024.lgybffjy

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