Abstract:
The paper examines strategies for empowering youth with basic entrepreneurship skills for selfemployment
in Nigeria. The purpose of the paper is to look at unemployment and unemployable
graduates which have become a serious challenges to educators, educationists and the Nigerian
government. The concept of entrepreneurship and entrepreneur education were discussed. Certain
strategies for effective entrepreneurship skills training for youth were also explained. Factors
affecting entrepreneurship education were explained and suggestion were made based on the
militating factors of entrepreneurship for youth and self- employment
