Entrepreneurship Skills as a Yardstich for Self Employment and Subjective Welfare of the Nigerian Graduates

The dynamism of the new economy creates enormous business opportunities that necessitate people to engage in innovative enterprising activity to grasp the opportunities at the right time and using the right way. Therefore, the move by the government through the Federal Ministry of Education to make entrepreneurship education one of the compulsory general studies for students in universities across the country should be seen as a positive step in the right direction, hence the study investigate entrepreneurship skills as a yardstick for self-employment and subjective welfare of the Nigerian graduates. The research design adopted for this study was survey and descriptive designs. Data were obtained through structured questionnaires. The population of this study comprises of Business Administration students in the final year classes 400 Level (2019/2020 set) of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko , Ondo State Nigeria totalling one hundred and thirty eight (138). the sample size 103 was derive through the use Krejce and Morgan (1970) The results revealed that entrepreneurship Education were statistically significant to entrepreneur skills, However, the overall effect of entrepreneurship education and fresh graduate intention to acquire entrepreneurial skills was significant (F= 13.454, p<0.00). The following recommendations were suggested on the basis of the findings of the study and the conclusion agreed upon, every Institution in Nigeria should continue to teach students the importance of entrepreneurship education and also be more involving the practical aspect of entrepreneurship class.