Effect of Attitudinal Change on Entrepreneurship Development Among Youth of Sokoto State Nigeria

This paper focuses on the effect of attitudinal change on entrepreneurship development among the youth of Sokoto State Nigeria as the main objective of the study. The study employed descriptive research design. The study used quantitative research methodology and research design which is usually aimed at collecting large and small samples from a population in order to examine the distribution, incidence, and interaction of sociological phenomena. The population of the study comprises youth especially graduates, NYSC corps members and youths between the ages of 18-35 years of age. The study sampled 250 respondents and a well-structured questionnaire titled Effect of attitudinal change on entrepreneurship development among the youth of Sokoto State Nigeria, was administered to 250 where 195 questionnaires were correctly filled and returned for analysis from the analysis of the data collected. The study used SPSS for data analysis. Results of the study show that the overall attitude of youths towards entrepreneurship education has a mean score of 3.60 which shows a positive attitude. Results of the study also showed that there are a number of challenges that affect youths' entrepreneurship intentions.