SOLVING UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES/BUSINESSES IN AWGU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

ABSTRACT The level of labour force being consumed determines the progress of any given society. This is because it leads to a reduction in criminal acts and non-wastage of manpower, therefore, unemployment becomes a very crucial issue requiring great attention. In Nigeria, the story is the same, the establishment of small scale business is very vital for the solving of unemployment problem. This research work focuses on solving unemployment problem through the establishment of small scale industries. Small scale business requires little capital investment, yet it controls a fair share of the market. Awgu Local government was used as the study area, to examine how small scale business has alleviated the unemployment menace. Information for this research work was obtained through primary and secondary data. The sources of primary data were personal interviews, personal observation and questionnaire while secondary data was collected from Newspapers, journals and textbooks, tabular presentation, use of percentage to analyses the data obtained. 


TABLE OF CONTENTS Title page ii Approval pageiii Dedicationiv Acknowledgement v Abstractvi Table of contentvii
CHAPTER ONE 1.1Introduction and Background of the Study1 1.2Statement of the problem5 1.3Research question6 1.4Purpose of the study7 1.5Scope of the study7 1.6Research hypothesis8 1.7Significance of the study9 1.8Limitation of the study10 1.9Definition of terms 11 References
CHAPTER TWO 2.0Review of related literature 16 2.1Conceptual Clarification 16 2.2The role of small scale business in solving unemployment problem25 2.3Source of fund available to the small business man29 2.4Advantages of small scale business31 2.5Disadvantages of small scale business 34 References
CHAPTER THREE 3.0Research Design and Methodology  3.1Research Design 38 3.2Method of Data Collection 38 3.3Validity and Reliability of Instrument Used39 3.4Population 40 3.5Sample Procedure 41
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0Data Presentation and Analysis 43 4.1Presentation and analysis of data 43 4.2Summary of results     62 References
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0Discussions, conclusions, and recommendations 5.1Summary of Findings 65 5.2Conclusions66 5.3Recommendations66 5.4Implication(s) of the result findings.69 5.5Suggestions for further research 69 Bibliography Appendix