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Item ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (PWDs) IN NIGERIA: ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS(African Employment Enterpreneurship and Skills Development, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria., 2021) Gunu umar; Omolekan, O. J.; Olota, O.O.; Ashiru, AIn most developing countries, People with Disabilities (PWDs) are generally seen as helpless, contemptible, and awful with their livelihood depending on people's sympathy. But recently, there has been a shift in the paradigm. PWDs now undertake viable businesses to make ends meet and contribute to national growth. Inherent challenges associated with small businesses are complicated with PWDs. Thus, this study evaluated entrepreneurship challenges faced by and the prospects of business success of PWDs in developing countries, Nigeria in particular. The research adopted survey design methodology. Four states in Nigeria have the highest number of PWDs that engaged in entrepreneurship according to information obtained from the Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD) and these states made up the population of this study. In selecting an appropriate sample size, the research used a multi-stage sampling technique. Social discrimination, family support, risk taking, entrepreneurial education, skills, and finance are the key variables of the study. Primary data sourced from respondents using the administration of structured questionnaires were employed. This study made use of Structural Equation Model (SEM) on the SMARTPLS 3 application to analyze the gathered data. The study found that social discrimination, family support and risk taking have a positive effect on PWDs business success, while finance, entrepreneurial education and skills top the list of challenges of PWDs business success. The study included that there are inherent challenges and possible prospects to PWDs business success. Key recommendations from this study is that entrepreneurial training, and skills acquisition ought to be modified to meet the needs of the PWDs entrepreneurs while access to finance should also be made available to enhance PWDs business success. Hence, the government - at all levels - should provide institutional vocational centers with needed human and material resources to educate PWDs as well.Item Green Marketing and Consumer Buying Behaviour: Evidence from Quoted firms in Nigerian Beverage Industry(Department of Accounting & Finance and Business Administration, Fountain University, Osogbo., 2016) Mustapha, Y. I.; Abdulraheem, M.; Omolekan, O. J.Item Knowledge Management and Innovation: Organisational Learning Perspective(Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, 2018) Olota, O. O.; Aun, I. I.; Omolekan, O. J.Item Social Innovation and poverty Reduction in Selected States in Nigeria(Ilorin Journal of Finance, 2024) Olota, O. O.; Gunu, U.; Omolekan, O. J.