ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ACTIVITIESON CREATION OF JOBS OPPORTUNITIES IN ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

This study was sought to find out the female entrepreneurial skills and poverty alleviation as correlate to female entrepreneur’s activities and creation of jobs opportunities in rural communities. Research design can be described as an outline, a general arrangement or plan from which something may be made. The survey method was utilized for this study. The study area of the work is Ikot Abasi Local Government Area. The population of the study consisted all the populace of Ikot Abasi local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The sample size was statistically determined using “Taro Yamane” formula for finite population and a sample of 120 female entrepreneurs was used for the study. The Source data of the research are of two kinds; primary and secondary data. The researcher used a letter of introduction and permission to gain access into the study area and for data collection while the collected data was analyzed using appropriate statistical technique such as descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment correlation analysis. Test of significance was at 0.025 alpha level. Based on the findings, the study concluded that, there are various forms and causes of poverty in the study area, the different poverty alleviation measures in the study area was also seen influencing creation of employment and skills acquisitions of the populaces and the factors affecting the implementation of poverty alleviation measures in Ikot Abasi. According to the study the following recommendation was made Entrepreneurship skill acquisition programme should be pursued with vigor, as the study revealed that lack of it is the most important cause of poverty in the society. A man/woman with an income yielding skill is capable of liberating he/herself and the family from the scourge of poverty.