ABSTRACT

Entrepreneurial development is a major factor towards ensuring that a country experience growth in terms of employment and self-dependability. Entrepreneurial development has also led to employment generation, growth of the economy and sustainable development. Entrepreneurship is supposed to be a bail out for economic stagnation with reference to creating  job  opportunities, this is , combating unemployment in an economy .Objective of this study is to know whether or not entrepreneurial development is truly a strategic tool towards enhancing Nigeria economy and also how it has affected the economic growth using idumota Market in lagos as a case study.

The use of drafted questionnaire was used to testing hypothesis and discussion of findings .For dis study 70(100%) questionnaire was distributed, but was able to retrieve 65 (93%). Which is still valid.