Entrepreneurial Skills Possessed by Igbo Language Graduate Entrepreneurs in Abakpa Nike of Enugu East, Enugu
This study sought to investigate the entrepreneurial skills possessed by Igbo Language graduate entrepreneurs in Abakpa Nike of Enugu East Local Government Area in Enugu State. Specifically, the study examined the extent to which the Igbo Language graduate entrepreneurs possess psychological, scholastic, communicative, and financial and leadership skills to undertake entrepreneurial activities in this era of global economic melt down. The total population of 1850 graduates attended the ‘Youths Forum’. Using purposive random sampling technique 160 Igbo Language degree holders were selected. Researcher designed questionnaire (RDQ) was used to elicit information from the respondents. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the five research questions. The study showed that the Igbo Language entrepreneurs possessed moderate skills in 19 items investigated. Very low skills were observed in the financial cluster. The study also revealed that being a degree holder was not significant in the mean analysis of the skills possessed by the Igbo Language graduate entrepreneurs. The researcher among other things recommended that financial literacy should be a very important module in Entrepreneurship Education.
Keywords: abakpa, east, entrepreneurial, entrepreneurs, enugu, graduate, igbo, language, nike, possessed, skills