The Role of Public Enterprises in Economic Development in Nigeria

Anike, Happiness Ozioma Obi
Okafor, Chikodili Nkiruka
Udejinta, Nnaemeka Beneth

International Research Journal of Management, IT & Social Sciences
Vol 4 No 2: March 2017

The study focuses on the role of public enterprises in economic development in Nigeria.The study soughs to ascertain the role of public enterprises in improving the  standard of living in Nigeria, to determine the nature of the relationship between Public enterprises and employment generation, to ascertain challenges encounter by public enterprises in contributing to national development .The study had a population size of 340, out of which a sample size of 246 was realised using Taro Yamane’s formula at 5% error tolerance and 95% level of confidence. Instrument used for data collection was primarily questionnaire and interview...