CERAMICS INDUSTRIES AS A VIABLE TOOL FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

OKONKWO, IVAN EMEKA

OKONKWO, IVAN EMEKA, PhD DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS

Keywords: ceramics, ceramics industries, development, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship development

Abstract

This study sought to examine ceramics industries as a viable tool for entrepreneurship
development in Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses were generated to
guide the study. The sample for the study was 600 entrepreneurs selected from Awake, the
capital of Anambra State through a stratified random sampling technique. Questionnaire was
used as instrument for data collection. The research questions were analyzed using mean
scores and standard deviation. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of
significance using t-test. The findings of the study showed that entrepreneurship
development in Nigeria is needed to stimulate economic growth, employment generation,
empowerment of jobless Nigerians, mobilization of domestic savings and utilization of local
resources. It revealed that challenges of entrepreneurship development in Nigeria are lack of
infrastructural facilities, lack of credit facilities, corruption of Nigerian leaders and multiple
taxation. The findings of the study also revealed that ceramics industries can enhance
entrepreneurship development in Nigeria by empowering people to develop their capacities,
increase assets of people, creating employment for people and elimination of poverty in
Nigeria. The findings of this study were followed by a conclusion. The study recommended that
government (policy makers) should genuinely recognize the essence of entrepreneurship to
economic development in Nigeria and all legal and administrative constraints inhibiting the
promotion and development of ceramics industries in Nigeria should be removed.

Author Biography

OKONKWO, IVAN EMEKA, PhD, DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS

NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA. P.M.B 5025, ANAMBRA STATE. NIGERIA
Phone: 08035430893, 08174048668

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