Entrepreneurial Education at the Tertiary Level in Nigeria- Imperative for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development

Globally, entrepreneurship is seen not only as the anti-dote to the astronomically growing socio-economic problem of unemployment, but particularly as the engine of economic growth and stability and by extension, the prosperity of nations. Accordingly, concerted efforts, backed by deliberate State policies and strategies, are normally geared towards its promotion and sustenance. The starting point has been recognized to be wholistic and integrated education and enlightening programmes/projects, such as the National Consortium on Entrepreneurship Education in the USA. Nigeria has not been left out of this global attention, as the National Universitie