THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF JOB IN NIGERIA: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENLIGHTENMENT

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INTRODUCTION:The major concern of the President Buhari administration and other past governments is job creation and development. This concern is also that of other Africa countries. Every government wants to raise the standard of living, general economic life, national well-being and improve productivity. Job creation is a critical factor to any nation's wealth - the more jobs that is created, the higher its productivity, and well-being of the citizens, (Oluwatobi and Ogunriola, 2011). Every nation needs sound human resources, to pilot all the business ventures. Thus, for the country, Nigeria to move up in terms of its socio-economic development, the nation need to look at job creation and development with respect to interaction variables like planners, employers and human resources builders, who facilitate the process of job development, (Awopegba, 2001). Thus, it is only through sound entrepreneurship enlightenment that a country can create and develop human capital and develop human resources; and it will maximize wealth for the country.Entrepreneurship enlightenment looks on developing understanding and capacity with respect to entrepreneurial behaviours, skills and attributes in different perspectives. Thus, this means that, we can learn, practice and develop behaviours with respect to improving the value of human resources; (Olaleye, 2010). Enlightenment is to educate, sensitize the people on functional vocation and indeed practical ones. This enlightenment is used by developed nations like United State of American, Japan and Korea to improve on their human resources, this enlightenment is not the normal educational process, as it is related in developing countries like Nigeria, Ghana etc. (Witte, & Wolf, 2003; Raimi etal, 2011). The age-long Western education in Nigeria, only breed graduates for white-collar jobs and does not create and develop jobs. In all these, we are far from special entrepreneurial traits like self-motivation, drive, passion and innovations and these are needed to create a world of work and/or labour. Enlightenment is required with respect to self-reliance and self-sustenance, to develop job. It is interesting to note that entrepreneurship enlightenment is that which sensitize the people on how to create and develop jobs. (Raimi etal, 2011 andSimkovic, 2012).In Nigeria today, we are face with large number of unemployment for certificated youths, who are not productive and self-reliant. Their certificates cannot develop and create jobs and does not add to societal growth. About Eighty to Eighty-five percent of Nigerian graduate in the society today are dependent on their parents and guardians. To remove or reduce this large unemployment figure in Nigeria, the Federal Government under the Administration of President Buhari should engage in Mass campaign and entrepreneurship enlightenment in all schools from primary to tertiary in the country.ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENLIGHTENMENT: THE CONCEPT:The only unchanged agent towards the creation and development of jobs in Nigeria is the acquisition of entrepreneurship enlightenment and mass campaign program. Entrepreneurship campaign/enlightenment does provide people with the required skills for self-reliance and sustenance, as well as national development. Several programs has been introduced by Federal Government of Nigeria to eradicate poverty; the poverty is still there, because the certificate graduate youth lack the practical skills that can be gotten from entrepreneurship enlightenment/campaign program. All poverty eradication programs have failed because none touches on the practical skills for young graduates (Olaleye, 2009). Entrepreneurship enlightenment provides the basic initiative towards economic enhancement and transformation of the society; which leads to job creation and development. Entrepreneurship enlightenment contains all experiences that will give the citizens, the student's ability and vision to access and create ideas to become opportunities (Enu, 2013). …