APPRAISING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CAREERS AND PROFESSIONS TOWARD ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY

Abstract

Careers and Professions are elements within and without the concept of Entrepreneurship as regard Human capital development for a self-sustaining developing economy such as Nigeria. Nigeria needs a large pool of indigenous entrepreneurs as expectation of foreign direct investment keep reseeding. This paper, analyses through a theoretical paradigm of National System of Innovation, contributions (prospects and problems) of these conceptual elements towards building appropriate population of entrepreneurs for the growing Nigerian economy. The paper also advances some suggestions to solve identified problems.