Sustainable National Economic Development and Wealth Creation for Nigerian Youths through Entrepreneurship and Information and Communication Technology

Abstract

ABSTRAC T The quality of performance of the entrepreneur determines whether capital would grow rapidly or slowly and whether the growth involves innovation where new products and production techniques are developed. The present day insecurity and incidence of petty and serious crimes in the country has affected employment rate among the youths. Entrepreneurship is a veritable tool for the achievement of inclusive growth and consequently sustainable development. In order to reduce unemployment and creation of jobs for sustainable National Economic the youths the governments and agencies has introduced some programmes such as NPower., Youth Empowerment and development Initiative (YEDI), Start-up Nigeria 2019.PES, Trader Money, African Youth Empowerment Nigeria (AYEN), Youth Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (YEN) and Youth Empowering People (YEP). These programmes can only be achieved through the use of Information and Communication Technologies and the Library.The paper examines the role of Information and Communication Technology in job creation, sustainable National economic development and wealth creation, The role of ICT in Job creation for the youth for sustainable national economic growth, as a result, the sharing of information and communication Technology quickly and effectively becomes feasible and acts as a key element in achieving sustainable development goal. The paper further concludes and recommended that that entrepreneurship development leads to economic development, job creativity, economic sustainability, individual self reliance, improved standard of living better awareness and practice. For a proper and sustainable entrepreneurship development the federal government and indeed other tiers of government in Nigeria should provides the enabling environment for the activities of entrepreneurs like provision of infrastructures, enacting and formulating of laws and policies that will aid entrepreneurship development in the country.