WOMEN INVOLVEMENT IN COOPERATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TOWARD ATTAINING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NORTH CENTRAL, NIGERIA
Abstract
Development is an array of social discourse which saturates every aspect of human existence. While, Sustainable Development is a kind of development that takes care of the basic needs of the present generation without compromising the interest of the next generation, whether economic, political, or social. Therefore, women involvement in cooperative entrepreneurship should not be misconstrued as aberration to social exercise. In this regard, the study examined women involvement in entrepreneurship and the plausibility of taking the quantum leap toward attaining SDGs – agenda. Specifically, the study explores the role of women owned entrepreneurial ventures and their wellbeing towards attainment of the sustainable development in North Central, Nigeria. A Qualitative research design was conducted which, involved face to face, an in-depth interview for 60 women entrepreneurs, purposive and snow ball sampling techniques aided the study. Majorly, the study revealed that contributions of women owned entrepreneurial ventures towards their household wellbeing must be recognized and steps should be taken to provide better financial, infrastructural and training facilities to women entrepreneurs in North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria. To this end, the study’s major emphatic recommendation is the need for the government’s assistance toward enhancing, encouraging women participation in entrepreneurial ventures in order to complement their men’s efforts toward attaining the sustainable developments goals – agenda within the specified target, year 2030.
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