Entrepreneurial Skills Development for Gainful Self-Employment of University Graduates towards Curbing Insecurity in Nigeria: The Roles of Counselors

Abstract

This paper attempts to look the functions of guidance Counsellors in Nigeria towards inculcating entrepreneurial skills development for gainful self-employments of university graduates for curbing insecurity in Nigeria. Specifically, the paper presents conceptual definition of entrepreneurial, entrepreneurial development and entrepreneurship opportunities, traits required for entrepreneurial skills development, components of entrepreneurial skills development, insecurity, empowering the youth for security and roles of counsellors towards entrepreneurial skills development. Therefore, it is recommended among others that university students should be made to offer compulsory courses in the entrepreneurial education before graduation.