THE EFFECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED ENTERPRISES IN NDOKWA WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the effect of entrepreneurship development in rural areas. The population and sample involve in the study consist of 100 entrepreneurs in the chosen area for the study. The instrument used for the study is questionnaire; simple percentage method is used for the analysis of data. The finding revealed that a business with their personal savings, that infrastructure was a problem and that the entrepreneurs contribute positively to the local area studied. It concludes that entrepreneurs have positive impacts in the rural area and finally, recommends that government should improve on the state and quality of infrastructural facilities so as to achieve greater economic development.