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Amaechi Cynthia Chinwe .

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ABSTRACT This paper examined entrepreneurship education for promotion of self-sufficiency in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship is seen as a process which involves the effort of an individual in identifying viable business opportunities. There are business opportunities in every sector of Nigeria economy that graduating students can identify and delve into if they receive adequate entrepreneur education. The paper is of the opinion that the standard of living of the people may benefit the students from entrepreneurship education. Entrepreneurship education creates wealth for the people by making them self-reliant, thereby creating employment to alleviate the sufferings of the people. The paper also examined issues surrounding the implementation of entrepreneurship education for national development. The paper noticed that optimum national development can only be visible with the effective implementation of entrepreneurship education at all levels of education. The paper went further to review the factors to consider in the implementation of entrepreneurship education, which includes personnel, infrastructure and facilities. The paper also noted that implementation of entrepreneurship education will not be effective if there are no adequate staff to handle the instructional delivery processes, hence; their role to transmit this knowledge and skills cannot be over emphasized. Also revealed by the paper are the challenges encountered in the implementation of entrepreneurship education programmes and university administrators should ensure that there are stipulated approaches to the successful implementation of entrepreneurship education in universities. Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Implementation, Challenges, Factors, Reasons, Self-Sufficiency

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