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Title: UTILIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIALS OF MUSIC FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN A RECESSED NIGERIAN ECONOMY
Authors: Oghenemudiakevwe Igbi, Ph.D
Volume:4 Issue: 3
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Oghenemudiakevwe Igbi, Ph.D Department of Music, College of Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria.
MLA 8 Igbi, Oghenemudiakevwe. "UTILIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIALS OF MUSIC FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN A RECESSED NIGERIAN ECONOMY." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 4, no. 2, Mar. 2020, pp. 90-100, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=7. Accessed Mar. 2020. APA Igbi, O. (2020, March). UTILIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIALS OF MUSIC FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN A RECESSED NIGERIAN ECONOMY. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 4(2), 90-100. Retrieved from journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=7 Chicago Igbi, Oghenemudiakevwe. "UTILIZING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIALS OF MUSIC FOR SELF-RELIANCE IN A RECESSED NIGERIAN ECONOMY." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 4, no. 2 (March 2020), 90-100. Accessed March, 2020. journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=7.
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Keywords: Music, Economic recession, Unemployment, Nigeria
Abstract: Since the attainment of independence in 1960, Nigeria has been plagued with a myriad of problems that have contributed in no small measure to impeding growth and development. This has further led to undiversified economy, recession, and unemployment. The failure of political office holders to deliver their electoral promises, coupled with their knack for corruption and self-aggrandizement have ensured that the growing population of Nigerians remains unemployed. The country's pathetic condition is further worsened by the annual influx of graduates into the labour market. In a bid to address the lingering challenges, governments in the last decade invested huge financial resources in areas like agriculture. But these efforts notwithstanding, the progress recorded in the sectors is still not commensurate with the huge finances channeled to them. However, the potentials of music in ameliorating the situation have not been explored enough, neither have graduates of music taken advantage of the entrepreneurial possibilities in music to become self-reliant. Utilizing data obtained through personal experiences and interviews, the paper periscopes the economic potentials of music for self-reliance, and challenges academic musicians to key in, take due advantage of them, by becoming more business minded. It is recommended that urgent steps be taken by government to earmark the needed funds for music and other performing arts, as a means of job creation. Becoming more business minded will enable music graduates be self-reliant and become employers of labour, thereby contributing their quota towards ameliorating the economic challenges being faced by the country
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