CONTRIBUTION OF THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES IN MUBI METROPOLIS ADAMAWA STATE.
Abstract
This study examined the contribution of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the development of small scale businesses in Mubi metropolis, Adamawa State. It was established that SMEs face a number of challenges of unavailability long-term capital through government or commercial banking channels, product dumping, lack of infrastructural support, inadequate innovativeness, low productivity and a highly politicized labour sector, inconsistency among different government policy statements, lack of an adequate education and training system to support the industrial productions. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. Data were collected through questionnaire as the instrument and was administered to 384 respondents. Data collected were analyzed using SPSS and were later to descriptive statistics. Hypotheses were tested using multilinear regression at 0.05 level of significance. The coefficients of contribution of access to capital, contribution of technical assistance, contribution of peace building and development of small scale businesses is statistically significant and positively sign (r = 0.957, P
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