The Roles Of Small Scale Enterprises In Employment Generation And Financial Growth In Nigeria

(A Case Study of Selected Small Businesses in Lagos Sub-Urban) ABSTRACT In both developed and developing countries, the government is turning to small and medium scale industries and entrepreneurs, as a means of economic development and a veritable means of solving problems. It is a seedbed of innovations, inventions and employment. Entrepreneurship is as old as Nigeria and had contributed to the growth of the economy. Presently in Nigeria, SMEs assist in promoting the growth of the country’s economy, hence all the levels of government at different times have policies which promote the grow…