Assessment of Entrepreneurship Education as A Key Factor for Poverty Eradication in Nigeria: Case Study of Ganye Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria

This study examined the assessment of entrepreneurship education as a key factor for poverty eradication in Nigeria: case study of Ganye Local Government Area, Adamawa State. The study is a survey research design in form of descriptive study, in which data was collected through questionnaire administered to 460 respondents out of which only 414 were retrieved successfully. Data collected was subjected to percentage analysis and hypotheses were tested using regression analysis at 0.05 level of significance. The result revealed that the entrepreneurial innovation has significant negative effect on poverty eradication in Ganye Local Government Area, Nigeria ( = - 0.137, t = -2.907, P = 0.004). In addition, the finding revealed that entrepreneurial creativity has significant positive effect on poverty eradication ( = 0.524, t = 8.896, P = 0.000) in Ganye Local Government Area, Adamawa state, Nigeria. Lastly, the result shows that entrepreneurial attitude has significant and positive effect in Ganye Local Government Area, Adamawa state, Nigeria ( = 0.593, t = 11.014, P = 0.000). The study therefore, recommends that there is need to provide more creative facilities such as effective apprenticeship master trainer and supply of supportive training tools in the rural areas, practical education demonstration methods in the schools and training centers as the inadequacy of these has been identified as one of the challenges limiting the development of entrepreneurial creativity in Ganye Local Government Area, Nigeria. Entrepreneurial innovation programs need to be made more attractive, supportive and easily accessible in schools and vocational training centers through the provision of adequate infrastructures such internet facilities, technological knowhow, among other things, as a key element of development in the rural areas, to enhance the attainment of the objectives of entrepreneurial education.