Eco. 361 Assignment (Development Economics 1) —Getting out of Poverty through Talent Usage and Skill Acquisition

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Name: onyia Emmanuel
Reg no: 2016/234618
Department: Economics/political science
Course code:Eco 361
Nature of work:Assignment

It dawn on me in my final lapses for secondary school that writing rhythm and poetry was something I really enjoyed and as life goes on i had opportunities of developing my talent.
Currently I work with various producers, learning about music as much as I can, and I have gone to several competitions that has actually made me a little relevant in the main stream and as well developing my performing skill.
I have actually created a network of friends that has given more insight concerning the music business and in the long run sooner or later I would start making returns. As funny as it may sound, I am currently developing my cooking skills, during the long break, I work with my mum who supplies various banks food.
I hope to combine these two, music and cooking skill to create wealth for myself.

Name:Nmegwah ebube f
Reg no:2016/237628
Dept:combined social sciences (economics/sociology)
Course:eco 361
Development economics

My talent is Acting. I first discovered that I could act when I was in secondary school and was dared to act as a mad woman. From that day, I started going for auditions until I got into the university of Nigeria and joined a group called federation theatre which we go around nsukka to act and get paid.

In the nearest future, I plan to use my talent to make a living by joining the Nollywood in Nigeria. I plan to act and get paid. I also want to use my acting talent to communicate and pass morals unto the youths and encourage others to make use of their God giving talents to make a living and not waste it.

I have not yet acquired a skill but in the nearest future, I plan to learn how to sew clothes. I want to learn this because I want to become a fashion costumer or runway costumer. I want to be known all over the world and paid well for my beautiful designs
Thanks and God bless

AGU UDOCHUKWU TOCHUKWU
2015/201036
ECONOMICS DEPT (300 LEVEL)
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR SKILL AND TALENT TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU
TALENT : COOKING
SKILL : BAKING AND CATERING

So,having had the talent of cooking and acquiring the skill of baking and catering which includes management of events and so on, I would acquire wealth by
Firstly, getting a required capital which would enable me start up a restaurant at first.
Starting up a restaurant requires positioning it on a strategic position which in turn gets customers and helps in wealth accumulation. These strategic sites include student areas, work areas or other crowdy areas and as such well enough to draw massive crowd.
Using my super cooking talent, I would be able to deliver the best services to them enough for me to be patronize me and keep the business going.
With time and hopefully with more profit, I would diversify and open up branches at other parts of the are making it easier for people from all parts of the area to get close and patronize my business which in turn creates and adds to already made wealth overtime.
I would also start up a program which creates room for young and willing individuals to learn the art of bakery and cooking as well for a fixed amount of money.
And also from the skill of baking acquired, I would start up a bakery with the required capital and specialize on the delivery of baked cookies to stores and other retail outlet who in turn pay me and
Help retail my goods as well for their personal gain.
If things go well overtime, I would diversify and open up branches enlarging the business and keeping my business close to people within and around the area.
And also,Catering which involves management of events such as Wedding,burials,Birthdays. Using the skill,Proper Service Rendering during these occasions earns me more call ups on more occasions and more occasions equal more wealth.
Using all the above means, I would accumulate enough wealth hopefully which I would also invest back into the business which would help it grow and yield back bigger profits as well

NAME: DURU KOSISOCHUKWU
REG NO: 2016/237618
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

Talent is a set of skills possessed by an individual, it can be defined as the natural ability to be good at something, and talents can be in born and at the same time acquired. A talent (or gift, or aptitude) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is difficult. Someone is born with an ability. People say they are "born with a talent". Someone who has talent is called talented. A skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. People need a broad range of skills to contribute to a modern economy. A joint ASTD and U.S. Department of Labor study showed that through technology, the workplace is changing, and identified 16 basic skills that employees must have to be able to change with it. Skills can be categorized based on the level of expertise and motivation. The highest level of engagement corresponds to the artisan. About 2% of people reach the highest level.

MY talent and skill is all about singing and how I hope to develop it between now and next ten (10 years) to create wealth to me is by: 1) Joining the music team which am working towards. 2) Knowing the part or names of musical instruments 3) Learning the instrument and training my voice 4) Making friends with the music Atheist, especially, Christian atheist and consciously following them in their practices and presentations. Thus, having been equipped from all angles from difference groups of atheist, I will establish my own studios, were I will be training others and I will also start producing my own albums or songs and market it.

Name: Good luck Wisdom Edighotu
Reg No: 2016/234411
Blog: Wisdomseries.blogspot.com
Dept: Economics

Write about your talent and skills
My name is Good luck wisdom Edighotu, am from rivers state. I appreciate God for his gifts and talents in my life; I am for ever indebted and grateful to him (God) for these gifts and talents.
Firstly, God has blessed me with a loud voice (i.e audibility) which has given me advantages in many occasions and events that I have served as MC of the occasion. Serving as MC in many occasions and events in my place have made me popular among the people in my local government area (i.e. the Abua/Odual local government area) but beside the popularity it has created for me, it has also linked and connect me with certain persons I would not on my own know them, let alone having their contacts.
Secondly, serving at the capacity of MC in many events in my place, has been a blessing from God. I call it a blessing because; I do not serve without a token. The least I know I have taken as MC is #5000.00 (i.e. five thousand naira). Like I said earlier, serving at the capacity of MC is a blessing not just because of the fact that I get paid whenever am being called up on but, because often times, it Comes when I am in need of money.
Thirdly, aside being blessed with audibility, I am also blessed to amuse people. This means that in most events I am contracted to make comedy (that is, to create jokes) .This is another gift and talent God has given me, that am trying to employ and develop. The challenge I have with this gift is that, even though I find it easy to amuse people, am not often contacted for this job.
SKILLS:
Though as a young man I have not acquire much skills. This does not mean I do not have any skill at all. I am a brick layer, a skill I acquired six (6) years ago before gaining admission into this school (university of Nigeria, Nsukka).There is no brick layer who will not accept the fact that there is money in the job, because the least we are paid in a day is #3500.00 (that is three thousand five hundred naira) per day. The only bad thing about the job is that it is not secure and more over we are too many after few structures in town

HOW TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILL TO CREATE WEALTH FOR ME BETWEEN MEDIUM TERM (NEXT 5 YEARS) AND LONG-TERM (NEXT 10 YEARS AND ABOVE)
ABILITY TO TEACH AND IMPACT
This has been a God given talent right from childhood. So far till now I've observed that I tend to transfer the knowledge with ease and passion without struggling no matter how difficult or advance the course/subject might be. I have been of great assistance to an extramural center owner in teaching and organizing exams for students. This has made me always study extensively as to not being a half-baked economist. For the short term (next 5 years) wealth creation, I intend graduating with a good class, obtain my M.sc and take my talent to the next level by tutoring/lecturing in tertiary institutions and working towards establishing one of the best extramural centers in a big city. With this, I should, not only be far from poverty but also impact in the lives of youths and people by creating employment.
For the long-term (next 10 years), this is where the goal of having the best if not the biggest extramural center in some big cities and also publishing papers and conducting researches in order to obtain my PhD/professorship.
SINGING
My maker, I believe has blessed and endowed me with so many talents in which some I'm still discovering. This talent is God given and started from childhood. I have fully vowed to dedicate and use this talent to his own glory. Currently, I'm involved in some musical competition, concerts, praise nights and other related activities. I intend using this talent here on planet earth and also after life on earth to continue the ministry.
ADAPTABILITY
This talent has been of great importance to me since childhood. I tend to blend and adapt quickly to changing environment or situations. It has a great importance to a large extent in both short and long-term periods. This is one talent that will so help me in my teaching/lecturing pursuit in that I intend not having just one big extramural center in a place but diverse places. So this talent, in both short and long-term will help me observe quickly and adapt to that very environment.
RESEARCH SKILLS
This is a skill I've nurtured so far to complement my teaching/lecturing talent. Currently, I've learnt to use some computer packages like the E-VIEWS, SPSS, and EXCEL Sheets and to present the results in a power point (slides). More so, I'm currently learning some research skills and plan going advance in research work by working for a research institute. , I have applied as a part-time (student) Research Analyst in an Online Research Enterprise. To God’s glory I passed the first screening aptitude test (SAT) and have been given a second screening computing test. I hope that by June, I will get an appointment letter from the online firm.
On the long run, I plan establishing my own sound research institute; by so doing, impacting and creating more employment opportunity for people and solving some critical economic and social issues ravaging the economy.

BUSINESS/ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
This is a skill I've developed of recent. Never knew I had this great business and entrepreneurial skills in analyzing and presenting business ideas until I involved in an international business competition which my team emerged winner for UNN stage. I have innovated some ideas and strategies for my mum's shop which is booming today. For the short term, I intend going into an unconventional business with a friend which tend to solve students need and satisfy them. The business plan for this very idea is set but pending due to finance.

ASSIGNMENT ON ECO 361 (DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)
Discuss your identified talent and the skills you have developed and how do you intend to develop your talent and skills to create wealth for you in the Medium term (now & 5 years.) and Long term (10 years and above)

NAME: UGWU CLEMENT ONYEKACHI
REG NO: 2016/234865
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS (MAJOR)
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 1 (ECO 361)
LEVEL: 300L
LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI

Developing My Talent and Skills: The Medium and Long Term Vision
by: Ugwu Clement Onyekachi
Introduction:
Success according to renowned scholars is never attained through sudden flight or spontaneous acceleration. It is an outcome of pre-planned expectations and self-development. By self-development I mean the improvement, acquisition and utilization of the many natural and human abilities within the reach of man. Hence self-development has the propensity to create natural development. To this end, this piece as instructed by the lecturer makes an exposure of my (the writer’s) natural endowment and human-acquired abilities with a prospect of how I could generate wealth with it thereby making it enterprising within two specific term periods.

My Talent:-
Talent according to the 9th edition of the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary is a natural ability to do something well. Over the years, I have through parental observation, friends cum associates’ remarks and very importantly personal reflection noticed that I have the Talent (gift) of Organization and Leadership. Since my childhood, I have noticed that except I decline, I am usually spotted out to handle leadership tasks. I naturally derive natural pleasure in organizing people and things to follow an ideal or ordered path. As a pointer to my leadership traits, I effortlessly influence people’s decision and most interestingly much of persons in all groups that I enjoy membership usually follow my line of thought.

My Skills:-
In trying to develop myself, I have over the years acquired skills such as
• Business/entrepreneurial skills (2011-2015)
• Glazing/ Window fitting skills (2016)
• Computer skills (Microsoft packages) and other statistical packages
• Research Skills
• Communication skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, Public Speaking)
At the moment and as a student, I dwell more on the last two because I feel it can create a resonance with my natural talent.

Developing My Talents and Skills: – Medium term Vision (within 5 years)
To create wealth for myself in the nearest future, I intend to channel my organizational talent to business before 2019 exhausts. I will back this decision up with my business/entrepreneurial skills, computer skills and communication skills. For clarity purpose, the business is a brand with an online platform. The software programming will commence by April and be completed before the last quarter of this year. Secondly, I have applied as a part-time (student) Research Analyst in an Online Research Enterprise. To God’s glory I passed the first screening aptitude test (SAT) and have been given a second screening computing test. I hope that by June, I will get an appointment letter from the online firm.
Long Term Vision (within 10 years and above)
To create an enterprise for myself and wealth for others, I will within 10 years’ time expand my aforementioned business to different campuses of institutions across Africa. In addendum to that too, I will utilize my communication skills in the educational sector as perhaps a lecturer and/or delve into politics through a blend of my leadership trait and communication skills to redefine Nigeria politics and consequently set a standard in governance for Africa. God willing whatever be the case, I shall not let my vision of venturing into politics go down the drain.
… The End. © Ugwu Clement. O

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECONOMICS/PHILOSOPHY)
Topic;
Discuss your identified talent and skill you have developed and how you intend to develop these talent and skill to create wealth and take you out of poverty
COURSE ECO 361
(DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)
BY
IKECHUKWU OLUCHI BLESSING
2016/235275

LECTURER:
DR. ANTONY ORJI
MARCH, 2019

Talent is a marked natural ability. It can be defined as those spiritual gifts we have; it can also be seen as those natural skills God enacted in us.

There are various kinds of talents and mine is music (singing) and I’m into gospel songs. My obvious talent and love for music began to blossom at my tender age. When I was younger I like singing, whenever I hears or listen to songs it lifts my spirit, it’s something I enjoys doing and I have a great passion for it. I went ahead to join children’s choir and there was where i was trained a bit. I sing during different occasions in church. Later on I joined the adult choir and that was where I was trained properly.

I develop my talent by watching music clips on YouTube, watching different music programmes on television like project fame, on how to develop my music life. I train myself by listening and watching hundreds of real open singers in that I learn what they do and how it’s been done and I have tried not to sing with earphones when I’m doing rehearsal because it gives me false sense of my voice, I only use earphones at my leisure.im actually working on myself and i believe that I will come out perfect one day and the world will definitely hear my voice between now and five to ten years. I also created a music group which I called (de-blissful singers) we are about five (5) in my group and as time goes by we will be more than that.

I’m working on myself on how to play keyboard, whenever i goes for music rehearsal I usually join the keyboardist in their training. I’m really working hardly in order to improve myself daily. I want to train my voice in such a way that when people (unbelievers) hears my voice they will turn to God.

How I intend to create wealth for myself with my talent
By gods inspiration I intend to create wealth for myself between now and five by releasing albums and by his grace I won’t stop like most musicians did. I will use my God given talent to bring myself out of poverty but not only creating wealth for myself but also impacting lives, releasing songs that will touch people’s lives and bring them close to god. I’m working tirelessly towards it.

Secondly I intend to open a music school, bring those who are on the street who has singing talent, enrol and train them. I believe that between now and five (5) years I will not only be performing on shows and programs but I will be training and recruiting people into my music school based on the area of choice of the individual.

My skills
Skill is the capacity to do something well, technique or ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. Skill can be defined as what one engaged into and learn how to do it. It is the ability to manage in one job or the other.

There are many skills and one can choose to learn as many as possible, one can have three (3) skills at a time. I have different kinds of skill but the ones that I will like to put more interest on are; typewriting, decoration, cake baking and hair dressing/styling.

Typewriting
Typewriting was never the skill I wanted to in venture into but i just went into it because I was told to then later I found it interesting and it gives me joy whenever I’m doing it. I enrolled for six (6) months program(DESKTOP PUBLICATION) which are Ms Word, Ms excel, Corel draw, Ms power point, Ms Access, Adobe PageMaker and internet. When I was doing my program I never had a system and it’s been six (6) years now until I bought a system and it’s just as if I’m a novice, I’m planning to go do a refreshing course so that I will good again.

Talent is a marked natural ability. It can be defined as those spiritual gifts we have; it can also be seen as those natural skills God enacted in us.

There are various kinds of talents and mine is music (singing) and I’m into gospel songs. My obvious talent and love for music began to blossom at my tender age. When I was younger I like singing, whenever I hears or listen to songs it lifts my spirit, it’s something I enjoys doing and I have a great passion for it. I went ahead to join children’s choir and there was where i was trained a bit. I sing during different occasions in church. Later on I joined the adult choir and that was where I was trained properly.

I develop my talent by watching music clips on YouTube, watching different music programmes on television like project fame, on how to develop my music life. I train myself by listening and watching hundreds of real open singers in that I learn what they do and how it’s been done and I have tried not to sing with earphones when I’m doing rehearsal because it gives me false sense of my voice, I only use earphones at my leisure.im actually working on myself and i believe that I will come out perfect one day and the world will definitely hear my voice between now and five to ten years. I also created a music group which I called (de-blissful singers) we are about five (5) in my group and as time goes by we will be more than that.

I’m working on myself on how to play keyboard, whenever i goes for music rehearsal I usually join the keyboardist in their training. I’m really working hardly in order to improve myself daily. I want to train my voice in such a way that when people (unbelievers) hears my voice they will turn to God.

How I intend to create wealth for myself with my talent
By gods inspiration I intend to create wealth for myself between now and five by releasing albums and by his grace I won’t stop like most musicians did. I will use my God given talent to bring myself out of poverty but not only creating wealth for myself but also impacting lives, releasing songs that will touch people’s lives and bring them close to god. I’m working tirelessly towards it.

Secondly I intend to open a music school, bring those who are on the street who has singing talent, enrol and train them. I believe that between now and five (5) years I will not only be performing on shows and programs but I will be training and recruiting people into my music school based on the area of choice of the individual.

My skills
Skill is the capacity to do something well, technique or ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities, which are often thought of as innate. Skill can be defined as what one engaged into and learn how to do it. It is the ability to manage in one job or the other.

There are many skills and one can choose to learn as many as possible, one can have three (3) skills at a time. I have different kinds of skill but the ones that I will like to put more interest on are; typewriting, decoration, cake baking and hair dressing/styling.

Typewriting
Typewriting was never the skill I wanted to in venture into but i just went into it because I was told to then later I found it interesting and it gives me joy whenever I’m doing it. I enrolled for six (6) months program(DESKTOP PUBLICATION) which are Ms Word, Ms excel, Corel draw, Ms power point, Ms Access, Adobe PageMaker and internet. When I was doing my program I never had a system and it’s been six (6) years now until I bought a system and it’s just as if I’m a novice, I’m planning to go do a refreshing course so that I will good again.

I’m currently typing assignment for peoples with my system in the hostel in order to develop/train myself. I intend to create wealth with it by opening a cyber cafe and employ someone there. I’m going to start small but dream big and between now and five years I won’t only be creating wealth for myself but will be creating job for people.

NNEBEDIM NMASICHUKWU LAUTONI WYNA
2016/234577
ECONOMICS MAJOR
TALENT DEVELOPEMENT
My Talents are fashion designing and interior designing. Most times, when I am less busy, I come up with new fashion designs and these designs are mind blowing. I have over 300 designs already. I believe that this gift I have is not for recreational purposes; but it is a raw material, a resource given to me by God to make wealth. Right now, what I want to major in now s fashion before I take up Interior designing.
I started designing when I was in secondary school. At that time, I really did not know the value of what I was doing, had I known, I would have taken it serious. I basically eat fashion and sleep fashion. I love fashion because it has no limitation or restriction. Fashion is arts, it’s an expression of what is inside you, how you think and see the world, that is why every work done by fashion designer represents who they are. There are people I look up to in the fashion Industry that really inspire me. They are Style temple, Mai Atafo, Iwade Brand, Wana Sambo, Deola Sagoe, Fendi (Late Karl), etc. People ask me a lot of times how I come up with these designs, because they are really unique. My inspiration is the holy spirit, he gives me fresh ideas.
I have a vision for myself (concerning fashion designing) for the next five years; the name of my fashion design company is MYONE FASHION. Myone Fashion basically deals in women's wear (basically on work wears, event dresses, free wears and red carpet dresses). My vision is to have Myone Fashion headquaters in lagos and branches in South Africa, Los angeles,New york, London, France and Asia, and my stores in every five countries. My customers would be of the likes of the Kardashians, Mitchelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Nicki Minaj, amongst others. I also intend to be the youngest most successful fashion designer in the world. It will be on Forbes list soon. So the question is how do I develop my talent and turn it into wealth?
First of all, I have already started attending an online class on fashion business; in the Fashion business, you are 75% a business person and 25% fashion designer. Therefore, for me to succeed, I need a whole bank of knowledge of business. Here we are taught about pricing, branding, customer service, social media marketing, amongst so many others. Each class runs for a month, and every class has its goal and that goal is to earn a particular income each month. The first class is called Fashion Starter and the income goal is #50,000. If you haven't hit the target yet, you would be on probation. You go on and on until you get to the highest one and that is the Fashion Millionaires Club; at this point, you are earning in millions.
Secondly, I plan on going for internship programs where I would be given the opportunity to work with star fashion designers to learn what they do and how do they do it to produce the result they have now.
After my four years study in Economics, I intend to go abroad to study Fashion designing in France; Myone Fashion is an exceptional one so it needs an exceptional foundation.
Fashion designing is what I love doing. Its something I can do for free. I am doing what I am doing not for the money but for the impact. I believe God has given everyone gifts, which are not for pleasure but to change the world for good.

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
FACULTY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE
(ECO-POL)

AN ASSIGNMENT TO BE SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE COURSE
ECO 361
(DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)

BY
UGWU CHUKWUKA THADDEUS

REG NO:
2016/237820

MARCH, 2019

DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS YOU HAVE DEVELOPED.
HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE JOB FOR YOU TO TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN NOW TO NEXT 5YEARS TO 10YEARS.

MY TALENTS
DANCING
FOOTBALL
STRATEGIC PLANNING
COMPUTER LITERACY

HOW I HAVE DEVELOPED THEM
Dancing and football are my talent. Am a good dancer since childhood and i have developed it by joining different dance crews until i organized one recently that i am the leader of.
Football is my talent and also my passion after dancing. I play football very where and i have developed it by joining football trainings, playing for schools, Local Government, etc. i also enjoy watching football especially Chelsea match because i am a big fan of the club. My aim is to be a player in the club.
I am a very good planner. I plan things with strategy and it always work out fine. I use it as a tool for problem solving, creativity etc. and am good at it.
Am a computer literate, it is a skill i acquired after my secondary school. And have worked very hard to be so good in COMPUTER PROGRAMMING because that was my focus. Am also good in desktop publishing and others.

HOW I PLAN TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILL TO CREATE JOB FOR ME IN THE NEXT 5-10 YEARS
DANCING:- Am a very good dancer and i have worked so hard to improve my dancing. I have been featured to dance for two popular artiste (Olamide and Phyno) and so many upcoming artiste on their video shoot. I believe with my continous effort and God’s grace, in the next 5-10years i will be very famous in dancing and am also teaching people how to dance. I plan opening a dancing school where so many people from different places will come and learn how to dance.

FOOTBALL:- As i explained earlier on how i have developed my football talent. My manager is working to try and secure a deal for me in a France club (Orleans). Hopefully in months or years to come i will be signed as a player. I believe in myself and am going to be among the starting 11.

STRATEGIC PLANNING:- I have used my strategic intelligence mainly for solving problems. I have solved different problems and given people different ideas which they applied and it was a success.

COMPUTER LITERACY:- I have been working on my computer skills especially in the aspect of computer programming which i have put so much work on. I now program for people as a student and get paid. I also plan upgrading it which i have started gradually. I strongly believe in years to come i would have gone very far in it and be very known as one of the best programmer in the world.

NAME; THOMPSON ONYINYECHUKWU KEREN
REG NO; 2016/237657
DEPARTMENT; COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES (ECONOMICS / SOCIOLOGY)
COURSE CODE; ECO 361
COURSE TITLE; DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS
LECTURER; DR TONY ORJI
TOPIC;
DATE; 11/ 03/ 2019.
My name is Thompson onyinyechukwu, I want to talk about my talent and skills and how I plan to develop it in order to create wealth for me in the nearest future.
First of all talent is something that is inborn, that is a gift given to you by God. Talents is something that all individuals have and if well developed or harnessed should and will make wealth for you, for even the bible said that the gift of a man will make way for him.
My talent is hair making and other skills I have tried developing and still developing is cathering and bag making.
First and foremost, I am still working and practicing to perfection; this is so that I will be competent enough to stand the labour market, reason being that I cannot compete with unharnessed skill and talent, competition demand that one should be at the top of the game and practice and competency will not only take you there but it will sustain you up there.
So the strategies that I have applied in achieving this aim of mine alongside my academics is that first, in regards to hair making, I have continued to make hair for my friends at no cost and to other persons at cost, this has enabled me to continue improving in the skill though am almost to an appreciable height and it has also served as a platform to sell my skill and talent in order to be popular for a future income and earning.
Secondly in regards to catering and bag making, I have enrolled in an online catering class and for bag making I have seized the opportunity to learn from a friend who has already acquired the skill, so to acquire the trainings from him, I have made it a holiday and weekend lessons.
So, to make these an actualizable future means of income, aside my educational career, I will own a saloon with high standard equipments, employ people who are also very good in the work and can offer quality service to customers, sales of quality hair products and materials, in order to make my saloon a household name in the business world. I will also offer catering services to people so as to make more money.
All these needs capital, so I plan saving up most of my service money and any money I realize from any work I do after my education here in the university.

EhName: UMEH CHINAZA BLESSING

Reg.No:2016/235266

Dept: CSS (Economics/Philosophy).

C.Code: Eco361
C.Name: Development Economics

An Assignment Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the course:Eco361

Lecturer: Dr. Tony Orji
Date: March,2019.

Topic: Discuss Your Talents and Skills and how you intend to develop them and use them to escape poverty.

1. My Talent and Skills: The Skills I have are Tailoring and Hair dressing. The dominant of them is Tailoring. I learnt how to sow clothes after my secondary school and up till now, I still devote some of my time to making some of the clothes I wear by myself. Tailoring is interesting. The cost of making a clothe is relatively cheap. Most of the clothes I wear are locally made by tailors who I do help out in one way or the other. So in appreciation for my assistance, they normally sow clothes for free for me, provided I buy the clothing materials. Also, I know how to plait hair and pretty do it well. I plait most of my friends hair and they offer a thank you in appreciation.
2. How I intend to develop my skills and use them to escape poverty: I have plans of still learning Tailoring and hair dressing up to a professional level. Upon my graduation and service, I will go for and extensive training in Tailoring. When I must have been certified to be good at it, then I will look to establishing my own business of clothe making. In the medium term, I hope to make money by making clothes for people and charging them for my services. In the long term, I hope to get contracts from schools and groups for a bulk request. I also wish to go into commercial clothing where I will make large number of clothing styles and designs and supply to sellers. With a quality clothe and being relatively cheaper than already made clothes, I will have large customers patronizing my line. Not only has my talent elevated me out of poverty, it has also encouraged patronage to locally made clothes instead of imported ones. I believe that by so doing, I have added my own quota to the development of my country’s economy.

Finnian Understanding Tochukwu
Economics Department
2016/231428
Development Economics (Eco 391)
Assignment: Discuss your talents and skills you have developed and how do you intend to develope your talent and skill to create wealth for you in the long run and the short run
Answer

There are many different issues tied to Talent Identification and Development. When identifying talent many programmes and scouts had often based their criteria on a “shopping list” of physical and anthropometric variables. For example, scouts may look for a Centre Defender to be strong, tall, large jump height, whilst a Forward may need to be quick, agile and have a physical presence. Whilst these examples represent criteria that would be expected or desired in an adult performance, they may not be the key factors in performance at a young age. Abbott & Collins (2004) argues that identifying talent through psychological tests may be much more beneficial than physical tests. Whilst physical tests can measure performance well, at a young age using them for Talent Id means they fail to take into account any maturation effects and may eliminate potential performers due to slower maturation. (Lidor, Cote and Hachfort, 2007). Abbott et al., (2007) say that different psychological factors may be much more important to talent development at a young age and throughout maturation than the physical qualities desired from adult performances. They claim that both “psycho-motor” skills (the fundamental motor pathways of skills, such as catching and throwing) and “psycho-behavioral” skills (self-motivation, determination, perceived self-confidence etc) are the keys to athlete development from a young age and will allow for better realisation of potential.

Abbott et al., (2007) suggest there are three key stages to applying these psychological skills. Psycho-motor skills are fundamental to sports as they set the formations for more complex skills to be developed from. First a “Basic Moves” stage – where, as coaches we can develop kicking, movement and balance as well as teaching the importance of health benefits to performance such as strength stamina and speed. By developing these early on young players can have the basic movements correct to build football specific skills upon. Following this a “Transition” stage where more complex moves can be taught, travelling and throwing, kicking on the move etc. We can also then introduce key concepts such as scanning and decision making in relation to different types of games. Decision making is vital to football and can often distinguish the difference between the good and the great whilst scanning aids this process substantially. Finally a “Sport Specific” stage where football related skills and movements and decision making can all be practiced and developed through deliberate practice.

Ezema Nkechi Rita
Reg No; 2016/234578
Department; Economics

Development Economics
Assignment
Discuss your identified talents and the skill you have developed. How do you intend to develop your talent and skill to create wealth for you between medium term(5yrs) and long term(10-15yrs).
Skills_ Braiding hair and making up
Talent_ Dancing and singing

How can I use these talent and skills to create wealth?
My identified talents and skills I have developed are braiding hair and makeup. Beading hair is one of my identified skills I have developed, in the sense that braiding hair can help me to create wealth or earn money for me in some years ahead. I can actually use my identified skills which is braiding hair to create wealth for my self in the sense that when I tell people about my skill, they come to me to make or braid their hair and I get paid. For example as I have a skill now which is braiding of hair, and I can actually use that skill which I have identified to make money. When I make hair for one or two people or more than that self and I get paid, I can actually use the money I get from braiding hair to create wealth for myself. I can use the money I get to buy things I need or I can even save the money, in the sense that when I start making people's hair and I get paid, I can save the money if I want to then, after saving and I get a huge amount of money, then I can use the money to create wealth for myself and also create in the future. Braiding of hair is one of my skills that I identified, I can actually make a lot of money or create lots of wealth from braiding of hair, braidingvof hair is something I have the passion for and doing it anytime. So the more I make people's hair the more left more money to create wealth for myself.
Making up is also one of my skills that I identified, making up is something that I have passion for, I learnt how to make up and I learnt it very well in the sense that I can make up for anyone that is interested in doing that. Both bridal makeup, Valentine makeup, dinner night or dinner makeups etc. I have passion for doing all those kinds of make over. I can use my identified skills which is making to create wealth for myself in the sense that if I have friends that have a date or dinner or any party to attend or even wedding to attend, I can make up for her and get paid, I can use the money that I got from making up to create wealth for myself.
That's some of my identified skills. So now therefore we shall move to my talents. I have some identified talents which I will list two of them and tell you how I can use my identify talent to create wealth for myself in the the future. The identified talent am listing here are dancing and singing. I dance and sing that'smy talent. I can actually use my dancing and singing talent to create wealth for myself in the future in the sense that I dance and sing anywhere I like I have passion for doing that, I feel so happy doing that and I actually sing and dance anywhere and anyhow i want to. I can use this talent of mine to make money in the sense that since dancing and singing are some of my talents and if I become a dancer or musician.

NAME: ANYANWU, CHINEME MAXWELL
REG NO: 2016/238829
DEPT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE ( ECONOMICS/POL SCIENCE.

MY TALENTS: PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

My talent is painting and photography. I good in painting not that I spent time learning it but it is like inborn. I see myself portraiting any of my design imaginations with painting. I found it less stressful while painting.
The second one which is photography and my main area of concentration. I am a professional photography. I do coverage without finding any difficulty in posses and camera settings. In photography, to shoot is one and to know how to set your camera settings is another major thing and I found myself strong in all without more stress in learning them.

HOW I INTEND DEVELOPING IT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

After my NYSC programme, I intend going abroad to develop my photography skills. I will learn more about cameras and its setting. I will then open a photo studio in an area that mostly students and young people live. For my painting, I will open a shops where paints are being sold.

NAME: OBIDIGBO CHINEMENMA CHINEZE.
REG. NUMBER:2016/233041
COURSE: DEVELOPMENTECONOMICS 361
ECONOMICS MAJOR
MY TALENT AND SKILLS
My name is Obidigbo Chinemenma. I have always had interest in writing ever since I was little. I discovered my passion for writing in primary school. I started out with little details of dreams I had had, then moved on to short write ups I either made up, heard or saw. As I grew, I realised I had a spiral imagination that was constantly on going and could never be “switched off”. I lived in my mind, in my world, with thoughts that kept evolving on their own from scientific thoughts to abstract thoughts to perspective reasoning and so on with the never quenching thirst to share my stories with people and get people to see from my point of view and to hear my voice and the voice of those I spoke for. This urge to share my stories made me to critically analyse myself in the area of my strengths and my weaknesses and to compare them with famous writers, using them as yard sticks to know if I was moving in the right direction as an upcoming writer. I discovered that writing wasn’t just about talent, but required necessary skills to help me maintain my art.
I began working on my communication skills. I needed to first understand my environment and the people living around me. I started feeding on people’s views or perspectives, their lives and backgrounds, their experiences and histories and digested their opinions and feedbacks on events and incidents and used my write ups as a platform to carry their voices to the masses. I also honed my literary, writing and vocabulary skills. Presently, I am working on my entrepreneurial skills. To create exposure for my work and gather readers and writers as well, I created social media accounts that would help me digitally create awareness for my write ups. Such accounts include my Instagram handle @chimmy_klive, Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat.
My plans for my future in writing is to establish a publishing company and a training centre for young aspiring writers. To do this, I first need to get my degree in economics, get a stable job for myself and work towards pulling income to use and invest in my dream company.

Name:Emmanuel Chizaram Ezichi
RegNo:2016/237620
DEPARTMENT:ECONOMICS
COURSECODE:361
COURSE TITLE:DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 1

INTRODUCTION:
Recognizing of talent especially at early age is very essential because to realize ones talent to die off and God hates wasting of resources.
DEFINITION OF TALENT:
The word talent according to English dictionary talent is said to be a desire or inclination for something. It is also a special ability to that someone is born with in doing or to doing something, that is to say talent is a natural ability to be good at something.
According to English dictionary skill is define as having the knowledge or understanding about something and skills are usually acquired. That is to say one can desire to learn one particular skill or the other while talent is special gift from God.
MY TALENT: ENTERTAINMENT
Entertainment is a show put on for the enjoyment or amusement for others. I have come to observe that am very good at entertaining, I noticed this during my teenage age when I do lead my church in praises and worship, and also in primary and secondary school I participated very well in drama. While in senior secondary school I was made the social prefect of my school. Many awards were given to me from organizations like schools and churches through entertainment.
SKILL: COOKING AND BAKING
Baking is a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones.
Cooking on the other hand is the process of preparing food. Cooking is one of the skills I learnt from my mother and now that I have come of age I can do it even better.
In terms of BAKING I got more knowledge of baking during my junior secondary school when we learnt how to bake various snacks from our Home Economics teacher and now I can now do it better. Since then I have been baking and distributing snacks like chin-chin, sausage roll, doughnut etc to small shops which I use in getting money to solve some of my problems.

HOW I CAN DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILL IN OTHER TO FETCH MORE MONEY AND ERADICATE POVERTY IN FUTURE (5-10YEARS).
In the side of my skill I plan to practice more on baking and cooking so as to be more perfect in baking and cooking. I planned that after my degree program I will go for catering school in order to enlighten myself more in baking and cooking.
In terms of entertainment, if I should by Gods grace encounter a mentor that will guide and help me to explore more on entertainment talent, I will go a long way in helping myself and the society at large.

NAME׃ ONYEUKWU NDUBUISI GABRIEL
REG. NO׃ 2016234845
DEPARTMENT׃ ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLECODE׃ DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS/ECO391
DATE׃ 12TH APRIL, 2019

GETTING OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH TALENT USAGE AND SKILL ACQUISITION
Disagreeing with people, giving my views, making a critical analysis has always intrigued me. Even while growing up as a teenager, I always found myself analysing literally works, works of art, which I thought wasn’t really appropriate to call it a talent. But, with the likes of National and International critics like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Chimamanda Adichie I got a better understanding about how it works. Most times I find myself criticising government action, economic policies and normal day to day decisions.
The idea about being a renowned critic has encouraged me to engage in certain activities such as discussions, follow online analysis like the journalist hangout, politics today etc. to practically improve this skill I joined research and analysis group in the department of Economics University of Nigeria Nsukka. The group called Policy Analysis and Research Group helps one to develop a research skill and a very good analytical ability as a economic student and as a future policy maker. My engagement in this group gave me the platform to publicly give view my about on “Why this government shall not increase the minimum wage” through a debate. I believe my desire and aptitude would even increasingly develop as I would have plans to further my studies and seize available opportunities that have to do with critiquing.
“People can be born poor but remaining poor is a disease” like a Lecturer would say. Alleviating household and National poverty is a key point in the Sustainable development goals. Most certainly increasing one’s what every rational man wants to achieve. As a critic I plan on using my skill to serve as a political analyst for my dear country, I would love to be a private analyst, who has a firm that can be called upon to critically analyze business decision. I’m also working towards a book and hypothesis about “Redefining the Educational System; using Nigeria as a case study” and “The Diminishing Returns of Technical Progress” respectively. With all these I believe I’m going to create income and wealth for myself which would take out of poverty.

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA,
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES,
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

TOPIC; WHAT IS MY SKILL AND HOW CAN I DEVELOPE IT TO MAKE MONEY
AN ASSIGNMENT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE COURSE REQUIREMENT;
RESEARH METHEDOLOGY
BY
EKEKWE CHIBUIKE GODSWILL
2016/231427
LECTURER; DR. TONY ORJI

TOPIC;

WHAT IS MY SKILL AND HOW CAN I DEVELOPE IT TO EARN MONEY

WHAT IS MY SKILL?
Constructive criticism
My skill is a cognitive and socio-emotional skill which is a type of skill involving literacy and ability to understand complex ideas, adapt effectively and navigate interpersonal and social situations effectively. It is more of a cognitive skill type.
Though it didn’t just come in form of constructive criticism, I have the intellectual ability to easily apprehend most social, political, and economical situations and with excellent replies be able to analyze and be able to indicate alternatives or possible solutions to such situations.
Lacking any technical skill I decided to channel my effort into what I had “intellectual quotient”.
What efforts have I applied into to skill?

SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Skill development is the process of identifying your skill gaps and developing and honing these skills.
To reference to the question what efforts I applied into my skill I have;
1. First, I accessed my situation. As of when I was in secondary school my career option was poised towards the sciences. At a point in my life then I started asking myself certain questions such as what do I do best, how good am I, is this the right course option for me. Having looked into these questions, my life, my financial limits, extent and weaknesses, etc. I found out I would be better of studying a discipline which was in line with my skill.
2. Made a decision or rather I outlined a goal. Where do I see myself in years to come? I have set a long time goal for myself which involves establishing my own business involving public consulting, public auditing, consumer product analysis and grading (comparing products to find which is better and referring such to costumers), political analysis, etc mostly jobs connected with consultation.

ACTION PLAN FOR MY SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Having outlined my goals and known my extents and weaknesses, I did draw a development plan and of course been into some of these activities and they are;
1. Choose Economics as my discipline After asking myself career questions I decided to drop my dreams aligned with the sciences and switched to commercial and economics as the discipline. This decision was so because it is aligned with my skill and also skill development in terms of entrepreneurship. It comes naturally with constructive thinking.
2. Mentorship
Back in my secondary school days I did have two mentors; Dr. Fidelis Onyeme and Sir Christian who were both my economics teachers, vice principal and H.O.D. of vocationals respectively. Because of distance my relationship with them have cut short so I involve myself in browsing about some people and their works.
3. In-depth research and break in steps (practice) Time to time I do search n things related to the whole stuff. On my social media platforms I do follow politicians, political groups, political and economic analysts, and also I do follow up on world news as it is very necessary to be updated on world happenings and on my own try to analyze the. On the other hand I sometimes try practicing on lucid problems and current situations. At times I do use my friends as ideal situations or options. I also do attend PARG and ECOPRESS meetings though I’m not a member.

HOW DO I MAKE MONEY WITH MY SKILL
The endgame is to have a business of mine which centers on problem solving and consultation. If the dream comes to pass I stand the chance of making money using this skill.

NAME: IYI GINIKA DEBORAH
REG NO; 2016/234767
DEPT; COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECO/POL)

HOW TO DEVELOP MY TALENT TO
ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN THE SOCIETY
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS A TALENT?
A talent is a natural ability to do or be skilled at something especially without being taught.
WHAT IS MY TALENT?
My talent is the art of dressmaking and design. At a young teenage age I noticed I had the talent of dressmaking and design. I could cut pieces of used cloth into shapes of blouses shirt skirt and trousers and add designs to them. Over the years, my mother enrolled me in a fashion school to improve my skills at my place of apprenticeship, I was fast at learning. I could easily decide what design to be put on a cloth be it weaving, embroidery, pearl or any other form of design. I could turn a mistake into another design to please customers. My opinion was always needed in making clothing design and the customers were always pleased with what I prepared for them even if it wasn’t their original idea.
HOW DO I IMPROVE MY TALENT?
Although I had the talent to imaging clothing styles and design and sew them well, my enrollment in the fashion school was to improve and perfect that talent. The art of dressmaking and design requires continuity, with the process and keeping in touch with fashion trends for success. Hard work and determination as well as finance will help me improve and perfect my skills. Also teaching others makes me learn more thus helping me develop my talent. As an undergraduate in the university, I have partially indulged myself in dressmaking and design to make ends meet. I have often received contracts from schools to sew uniforms for them, wedding candidates to sew bridal train for them and many more. Even my fellow students patronize me. I can also meet certain needs of some members of my family through this thereby alleviating poverty in my family.
Through this talent I have attracted lots of people who like my works, patronize them or wish to learn from me. I wish to open my own fashion home. Also to train youths to be efficient and self-employed. My venture into entrepreneurship will provide jobs for already learned dressmakers and provide empowerment for my apprentices.
CONCLUSION
In summary, the talent of dressmaking and design has provided self-employment for me and I do not have to rely solely on my family for finance and support but to help with my fair contributions thereby alleviating poverty in my home. I do believe that with hard work and determination as well as finance for capital I can open my own fashion home. This will lead to job creation and empowerment for youth hence it will alleviate poverty in my society.

Name: Ukpai Ruth Chiamaka
Reg No: 2016/232551
Department: Economics
Course code: Eco361
Course Title: Development Economics 1
Level: 300L
Date: 25/03/2019
QUESTION: Discuss your identified talent and the skills you have developed?. And how do you intend to develop your talent and skill to earn money/create wealth for you and take you out of poverty within the 5 years as well as within 10 years.
What is talent? This question is a very important one to analyze, because most times people tend to misunderstand that word by misplacing it with skill. So talent which can also be called a gift or an aptitude is an ability that someone was born, it is also a natural ability to be good at something, especially without taught .WHILE
Skill means to known or have a discernment about something , or in abroad sense ,the ability to have personal or practical difference in matters.
AS a young child I have always have love for COOKING and BEAUTY/FASHION. Fashion does not just exist, it lives. How you dress can interpret how a person feels, how their day went, or what lifestyle they live. I've always wanted to help women enhance their natural beauty. I can vividly remember how I use to wake up early in the morning just to bath and look good before people wakes up, just how I love good looks. I always pick up small tins and cook alongside my mum, I also gather my fellow kids just to make meals with sand and grass, I also remember painting my legs one time with mum’s cortex , and later received the beating of my life, I laugh when I remember this things . Little did she know that her little girl was building her talent. As I grew I found out that my passion for cooking and beauty fashion increased, I took the role of cooking in the house. I have great potential within me and The Fashion Institute of Technology is the perfect place for me to broaden my knowledge and apply my skills to grow within the fashion industry
There are so many reasons I love to cook, cooking is one of those things that just comes to me naturally even without trying too hard, and I think I inherited, because I can cook almost anything and get it on the first try, much like my Father. But the main reason I love to cook is because it keeps me stress free. For example when I am cooking I have very little time to think, because the cooking is challenging my mind and taking my mind off the stress of everyday life especially the stress I’m currently facing in school.
HOW I CREATED WEALTH /INTEND TO CREATE WEALTH FROM MY SKILL IN FUTURE
Here in the University, I make money from my fellow students, in that I render my services to them, I take care of there pedicure and manicure and I give them an outstanding look, this helps them stay liquid always. I have also taken my talen to the next level, by taking my publicity to social media.. For example, I created an Instagram handle bearing the name ONYX BEAUTY /FASHION WORLD. Ialso have the hope of expanding my talen after my university education, by building a spar, where will make people's beauty and fashion my priority.
I also want to further my cooking talent to the next level by building a cateringcomplex, where people can come and request for the services of food caring for their occasions, I will also make the provisions to train and empower youths of the societ. I that way, I will not only eradicate poverty for my household and I, but I will liberate some many others from poverty in such ay, I will ad to the development of the Economy.

NAME: OFORLE, MARY-JANE IJEOMA
REG NUMBER: 2016/231731
DEPT: EDUCATION/ECONOMICS
COURSE: ECO361 / DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
DATE: APRIL, 2019.
TOPIC: MY TALENTS AND SKILLS AND HOW TO MAKE MONEY WITH THEM IN THE NEXT 3-10 YEARS

INTRODUCTION
Everyone body is talented. But the issue is that not everyone knows or has identified their talent(s).
I have identified my talents, and they are as follows:
Singing
Teaching
Skill: Trade
TEACHING
I have the talent of teaching. This I discovered when I was 8 years old, I always see myself in dreams when I am a teacher. Whenever I teach, I fill very happy. Also people around me say that whenever I am teaching someone, that I detail what I teach in a way that the person will understand it. That was how I found out that I have the talent of teaching
SINGING
The talent of singing is a generational talent in my lineage. I love singing, it makes me happy. I have been told that I have a nice voice in several occasions and I know that it is true because I do listen to my voice.

SKILL
TRADE
I have learnt various trades from my parents and my siblings. My father was trader who sold kitchen equipment, my mother was also a trader who owned a food stuff store, three of my siblings are dealers in phone and phone accessories and my elder sister own a boutique. All the businesses that my family members do, I can do all of them very well.

HOW I PLAN TO DEVELOP MY TALENTS AND SKILL TO MAKE WITHIN THE NEXT 3-10 YEARS
In 3 years to come, I will be through with NYSC and will open a lesson centre for SSCE AND JAMB. Then, when I get a reasonable amount of money, I will open a boutique and if I get a white collar job, I will be managing my businesses and also do the job for which I will be employed to do.

NAME: CHUKWU GIFT ONYINYECHI
REG NO.: 2016/234636
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 1
LEVEL: 300L
DATE: 10 APRIL, 2019

QUESTION
Discover your talent, develop it with your skills you have acquired and discuss how you intend to use your skill and talent to create wealth for you and take you away from poverty between 5 to 10years and above

ANSWER
Talent can be defined as a natural ability or quality. It can also be defined as a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity. While skill is an ability that has been acquired by training. It can also be an ability to produce solutions in some problem domain.
I’ll start by telling you how I discovered my talent and skills, for my talent I’m still discovering it but I can draw imaginative drawing with different designs of fashion. I started drawing since I was a kid even till now, I use the drawing sometimes to ease myself or calm my nerves down. Even if they aren’t too fine when I draw I feel too happy because I get to create stories in my head and imagine a lot about what I just drew. For my skills I know how to make hair very well. When I was in secondary school, a boarding school though I watched people who use to make hair make hair for people because then in my secondary school if you can’t make someone’s hair no one will make your hair, it was a do and I do you something .So you have to go and pay a huge amount of money for your hair to be made. I had to cut my hair from jss1 – jss3 because I wasn’t ready to make people hair but when I entered ss1 I saw that all my mates were making their hair and was looking neat and fine I had to learn how to make hair, even when I get home although I wasn’t good yet I will beg my mum so I will use hair and learn then at my ss1 second term I started making people hair and they started making my own too.
After school I intend to start making people hair and be getting little money from it. When I get upto the amount I’ll need to open a shop and also name my business I’ll open a beauty salon where I will be able to make hair n also sell clothes. With my drawing talent I’ll draw different fashion styles and also produce clothes, the more I get money the business the more I establish the business till it is known world wide.

NAME:NKEMDIRIM THEOPHILUS SOMTO
REG NO: 2016234600
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT:COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECONOMICS AND AND SOCIOLOGY )
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

A Talent is said to be an innate ability to carry out or perform a particular task with minimal difficulty. Talents are very important in ours because some people can improve theirs to create wealth to themselves and use it to pursue away poverty. According to the business dictionary, talent is a natural ability to excel at a duty or actions. A group of people, such as employees, who have a particular aptitude tasks. For example, producers of a movie might recruit local talent, actors and actors who live nearby, to stand in as extra in a film. We have some examples of talents such as public speaking, writing, singing , dancing, drawing, cooking, sporting, acting, praying, self-management, networking, and so many of them. Talking about skill, skill is the capacity to do something well, techniques or ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as to oppose to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.

Now, speaking about my short term plans for creating wealth, I would say for the next five years, that I would want to go further in developing myself, getting to learn more things, that I don’t already know, delving into the world of programming such as python, java, C++ and so on, then after that rendering my Talent/Skill set to those who are in need of them for a considerable amount of payment thereby adding my own quota, to the development of the Nigerian economy.
Now, speaking about my long term plans for creating wealth, I would say for the next ten years, that I see myself starting up my own company (A computing firm to be precise) were our goal would be to provide various organizations with the necessary tools needed for them to stand out and compete favorably in the media such as creating and designing their websites, promoting their organizations on social media, advertizing of their products, providing data from the e-public for financial analysis and so forth. Hence, creating wealth and adding my very own quota to the development of the Nigerian Economy as we know it.
In Conclusion, using my talent/skill to create wealth and develop the Nigerian Economy in the short term (five years)

NAME: ALEKE OLUCHUKWU FRANCIS
REG NO: 2016/240445
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).
TALENT is God given. Talent is not skill. A skill is developed by practicing but talent is inborn. The question is how do we identify our various talents and what do we achieve with these talents when we discover them? Mind you, every human is born with a talent but not every human discover their talents before they die!
A skill is the capability to carry out a task efficiently and effectively with a given amount of time, energy or both while, talents are natural abilities that becomes a skill when properly developed and harnessed. Skills acquisition are needed for individual and national development. Borrowing from Walter Rodney (1972:1) definition of development as "increased skill and capacity, greater freedom, creativity, self-discipline, responsibility and material well-being", it is necessary to distinguish between hard and soft skills. Both skill sets are complementary and relevant to the overall development of an individual. Hard skills are specific knowledge and abilities that are learned through education or training. Examples include ICT skills, artisanship etc. Soft skills on the other hand are people skills that derives from personality traits and they are usually not quantifiable unlike hard skills. Examples include communication skills, emotional quotient etc.
FOOTBALL
I loved the game of football right from when I was still very much little. Any time I see a group of children usually boys playing the game of football, I am usually envious of them. My request to join them is usually constants declined owing to the fact that I am a girl. After so many denials, I was opportune to visit my mum’s village one weekend like that, fortunately for me, I met a group of boys and girls playing football, I requested to join them and my request was granted. I was overjoyed when they agreed could join them to make up for their shortage in player. I quickly ran inside and put on my playing boot and rushed out to join them. I was very happy because it was my first time to play a real football with real opponents. After that day, during weekends I usually visit my mum’s village to join them in training. This went on and on until I entered secondary school. I joined the female football team and further developed my skill. When I gained admission into the higher institution, it was not difficult for me to adapt. Before long, I was nominated to join the faculty team that would participate in Ozumba’s cup and after the tournament I came back with a gold medallion of honour. I also participated in my faculty’s inter-departmental football tournament of which I also came back with a gold medallion as well. Over the years, I have grown to love the football game and I have also grown to be good at it both at the goal post and in the field of play.
This skill can generate income for me in the sense that if I engage in rigorous football training, it will get to a point that I can use my skills and experience that I have gathered in both faculty and departmental football matches to make way for me to the national level. I strongly believe that the skill will yield income for me within 5-10years if I relentlessly work towards it.

NAME: CHIDERA MBANEFO
REG NO: 2015/204691
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

Talent can be defined according to goggle as “being able to have a natural ability to be good at something. Right from childhood my talent as always being football. When I was a little boy I would sneak out of the house just to go and watch football especially fc bacerlonia which makes me one of their huge fans till date always played for my team in secondary school and we always come out with the cup even here in unn I play for my school (ozumba cups) football makes me agile, more fit and makes me interact with people. Over the years, u have discovered that I was gifted with the talent of playing football and acting. I started playing football as a teenager and I have represented my school and state in so many football tournament like shell cup and anambra fa cup and the grace of God I'm still doing that in the university. With my foresight ability, creativity and strength, I have been able to play in all the midfield positions in football.
I intend to develop my football talent by training and practicing regularly because hardwork they say beats talent, so I intend to working Hard in other to attain the maximum fitness I need to excell in football because for a player to give his best or perform well in the field of play he must be 100% fit. I also intend to develop my football talent by fearuring regularly in football competitions in school and also going for trials, through that I migh get scouted and signed to a good football club that will be paying me well. In the area of acting, due to circumstances I have not been able to push it further, it's not something I can combine with my education considering the nature of my course, economics, so my plan is to go into it after school.
Coming to my skills, I'm good in DJ work, I can mix music and give the crowd a good sound of music. I can also paint, it's a skill I learnt when I was in secondary school, I have painted good number of houses. Another skill I have is rendering services to customers like selling goods like drinks in a bar and any other goods you can think of. With my ability to endure provocative attitudes displayed by customers a times I can serve In a customer service company like bar and restaurant. Also with my soft and tender words I can sell goods to people. With these skills coupled with knowledge from education, I can go into any business or open my own company after school which will create so many create so much wealth for me. In the short term, my talent and skills has been paying me well. I get paid after playing any football competition. With my ability to tenderly attend to customers I have been able to work in a hotel that paid me well and I also earn money for painting houses.
In the long term, my talent and skills is going to be a good source of income to me because I can go into any of them and make money for myself.

NAME: CHIDERA MBANEFO
REG NO: 2015/204691
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMIC/ POLITICAL SCIENCE
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

Talent can be defined according to goggle as “being able to have a natural ability to be good at something. Right from childhood my talent as always being football. When I was a little boy I would sneak out of the house just to go and watch football especially fc bacerlonia which makes me one of their huge fans till date always played for my team in secondary school and we always come out with the cup even here in unn I play for my school (ozumba cups) football makes me agile, more fit and makes me interact with people. Over the years, u have discovered that I was gifted with the talent of playing football and acting. I started playing football as a teenager and I have represented my school and state in so many football tournament like shell cup and anambra fa cup and the grace of God I'm still doing that in the university. With my foresight ability, creativity and strength, I have been able to play in all the midfield positions in football.
I intend to develop my football talent by training and practicing regularly because hardwork they say beats talent, so I intend to working Hard in other to attain the maximum fitness I need to excell in football because for a player to give his best or perform well in the field of play he must be 100% fit. I also intend to develop my football talent by fearuring regularly in football competitions in school and also going for trials, through that I migh get scouted and signed to a good football club that will be paying me well. In the area of acting, due to circumstances I have not been able to push it further, it's not something I can combine with my education considering the nature of my course, economics, so my plan is to go into it after school.
Coming to my skills, I'm good in DJ work, I can mix music and give the crowd a good sound of music. I can also paint, it's a skill I learnt when I was in secondary school, I have painted good number of houses. Another skill I have is rendering services to customers like selling goods like drinks in a bar and any other goods you can think of. With my ability to endure provocative attitudes displayed by customers a times I can serve In a customer service company like bar and restaurant. Also with my soft and tender words I can sell goods to people. With these skills coupled with knowledge from education, I can go into any business or open my own company after school which will create so many create so much wealth for me. In the short term, my talent and skills has been paying me well. I get paid after playing any football competition. With my ability to tenderly attend to customers I have been able to work in a hotel that paid me well and I also earn money for painting houses.
In the long term, my talent and skills is going to be a good source of income to me because I can go into any of them and make money for myself.

NAME: NWANGWU SOPHIA CHIKA
REG NO: 2016/237629
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

My talent and skill are what I have passion for doing.
I have passion for cooking while I was growing as a teenager, i notice that when ever I made food for my parents they enjoyed it so my passion for cooking kept on increasing. I started cooking when I was in primary six, back then my siblings will say because I like eating food so i should prepare food for myself and my siblings.
With my attitude towards food so I developed great passion for cooking different varieties of food. As years go's by I had to start learning from experts and going for outdoor cooking with them and make money from it. Apart from making of money, learnt how to prepare different types of meals and different methods of cooking them.
Apart from this cooking stuff. After my first degree program, I went into fashion and designing where am learning how to make feet wears like shoes,Sandals which I use carton papers to create design's. I started it last year but is only when we are on holidays that I attain classes for it but for now I can make babies wears and sandals for myself.
Am expecting in next five years i should have my own workshop and people working under me.Then when I finally leave school I will love to open a makeup shop where people can come on a daily basis for their makeup and also buy their makeup products. Because I will love to sell makeup products too. In the longriun, I will love to be able to have my own makeup company. That is where makeups are made. And as we know the entertainment industry plays a huge role in the economic development many countries. When a movies or television shoots films on location, it brings with it job oppourtuinities for makeup artists, alstomiers and other sets. Thereby creating room for economic development. And also if a makeup industry is created in Nigeria it will reduce the rate of import of makeup products from other countries and this will equally lead to economic development.

PEACE NDUBUAKU DIMAKA
2016/234833
MY IDENTIFIED TALENT AND HOW IT WILL HELP ME ESCAPE POVERTY
If you look for most of the answers to life in your fridge ,then you probably have more than a regular love for food. If you love something that much ,wouldn't it be amazing to make money by doing something involved with the gastric sensibilities.
I have so many abilities or should I say talent but the most identified is the fact that am a foodie and its likely to take me out of poverty if the worse should ever come.its might be kind of hard but there are bunch of different Jobs relating to eating ,cooking and maintaining food that can keep you wealthy ,health and gloriously fed.A foodie is a gourmet or a person who has an ardenr or refined interest in food and beverages . A foodie seeks new food experiences as a hobby rather than simply eating out convienice or hunger.
As a foodie, I could become a chef, well obviously its not easy ,but if you walk your way to it. They pay can be great . you'll vhave to put your nose to the gring stone and work crazy hours but for the fact that you love food, you won't mind.A food critic ,if you've got a flair for writing and get imaginative with description s of your oral experiences like me,you could go after a job as a food journalist . you literally get paid to criticize people's food , funny right?
A nutritionist, if you do the right training , you can get a career as a nutritionist,like I plan to .this way you can help others by advising them about what to eat . The important fact there is that you earn money by advising people on what to eat. I just gets better.
A food stylist,working as a food stylist might sound like something only Paris Hilton would do , but there is actual demand for these people , that. Is why restaurants know this and employ stylist in the first place.
A Barker , of course I could become a Baker, being baker is one of the most nicest job , there is to have coupled with the charming aroma that baking produces.yes please! Can I become a Baker already.An ice cream taster or a chocolate consultant, believe or not you could actually make a life out of tasting ice – cream .These chocolate consultants taste chocolate for a living. just like that! I mean isn't it wonderful to be a foodie .
Being a foodie isn't just about food. it's about how the food makes you feel. There are many lucrative opportunities to make money from as a foodie .but the most interesting part about it is that you get to make money while doing what u love and being passionate abou it
Am proud to be a foodie.

NAME: EZEUGWU AUGUSTINE OKECHUKWU
REG NUMBER: 2016/234579
DEPT: ECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT: GETTING OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH TALENT USAGE AND SKILL ACQUISITION
A few days ago the national dailies had it that president Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the minimum wage bill, this led to sporadic celebrations amongst civil servants and employees of private institutions, but the story has not always been nice especially during the dip in oil prices that rocked the nation between 2015 – 2017, at a point most states were owing salaries while some were owing more than a year salary with the highlight of the scenario coming when it was reported that a level 16 civil servant in state kogi state Committed suicide because he couldn’t afford to take care of his wife and newly born children, that’s how bad it got.
After the rude economic shock like that, Nigerians began to wake up to the realization that it is no longer enough to spend over a decade in school only to graduate and then start moving from office to office searching for the dream job. As much as I value education and the opportunities that comes with it, it would be a border line suicide to rely solely on a monthly pay check especially in the society we find ourselves in. A good look at the Forbes list of Richest individuals in the world would show that the wealthiest amongst us are not people who wait for the end of the month to get alerts but individuals who are innovative and enterprising enough to push boundaries and have learnt how to use well-ton skill to make a fortune for themselves. This is not just about the rich, I remember a few years back when I was in SSS 3, there was this young man who worked as a lab assistant in a local clinic and also coupled that with running a salon which he owned, even if the chief medical director of the clinic wakes up on the wrong side of his or her bed and decides to sack him, he still has his salon to sustain him. This particular scenario struck a chord in me and made me to think, what talent of mine I can earn a living from so as so to be well to do tomorrow.
After a thorough self-examination, I realized that amongst all skill and talents I have, Acting is the only talent that will to a large extent bring money to my pocket. Acting has been around for quite a while starting from the era of mimicking to the present age where profits from movies can rise to over a billion naira. The movie industry in Nigeria popularly known as Nollywood started booking at the tail end of the 20th century and it has not looked back ever since with its latest success coming when Netflix bought “lionheart”, a movie directed by one of Nigeria most illustrious actresses Genevieve Nnaji.
Personally, I believe that I can't go from been an unknown actor to an A-list actor overnight, that is why I spend a lot of time developing myself and getting contacts, preparing myself on how after graduation to go for auditions for a role and set on my path to greatness. Right now, I might be like every other person with a dream to make it in life but I know that someday with the right combination of talent and skill, hard work, and the grace of God I will, shall, and must escape poverty.

UGWUAGBO EMMANUEL CHUKWUEBUKA
2016/233234
EDUCATION/ECONOMICS

Below are some of my talents and skills I have already developed to support them.
Gift of oratory and writing
This I got to know as most often, people will be appreciating me for being like a solution to their problem either by the virtue of my advice or practical service I render to them.
I have developed oratory and writing skills such as reading and looking at the audience, listening and writing, looking somewhere and writing, etc.
Gift of preaching:
I was opportune right from childhood to be the coordinator of my block rosary centre and as it is done everyday, there always be time for preaching every day, so most often I did handled the preaching. To become more proficient in preaching the Good News of Jesus Christ, I do study the Word day by day, memorise it so that I can easily quote them and at the appropriate situation.
Gift of making people laugh, feel relieved and happy
This is mostly what everybody knows me for, people enjoy staying with me, in short, with me, your problem is temporally forgotten. I developed the special skill of reading peoples mind so as to find out what is going on in their mind and be able to convey their thought out in a laughable manner.
Gift of leadership skill
This has been manifesting in my life since I was born. In my primary school, I was appointed Senior perfect. I was appointed by the school authority as the class prefect of my class in my J.S.S 3. I was democratically elected again as the senior prefect in my S.S 2. Here in University of Nigeria Nsukka, I am currently serving as the financial secretary to the prestigious Faculty of Education all to the glory of God and warming up for the office of the faculty president. I have developed many leadership skills such as ability to influence people’s action both by words and actions, ability to listen to all persons, ability to remain calm even when insulted by others at the cost of serving them, ability to withstand pressure especially during the pressing times and so many others.
Gift of business acumen:
Right from my childhood, I have always been a hustler, I always wanted to be economically independent, and so I have to start from childhood doing some menial businesses. I sold kerosene at home, engaged in poultry rearing. It was on this very note that I chose to study Economics as it will expose me more on business ups and downs and by so doing, I will be improving my skills and increasing my chances of becoming a business icon.

NAME: UNACHUKWU BLOSSOM CHIAMAKA
REG/NO: 2016/237626
DEPT: ECONOMICS

MY TALENT
It took me a really long time to find out and establish my talent. Establishing my talent cost a lot of money, time and required me paying maximum attention which you may think is easy but trust me, it is not.
After all the conquered stress, I am a talented makeup artist and God has really taken me far. I get bookings beforehand, my schedules are always tight but the amazing part of my life right now is the fact that my work life does not in any way affect my academics, I see it as part of God’s blessings upon my life.
Makeup is a very confusing and difficult thing to do but thanks to the makeup school I attended, I was taught that there are many ways to go around and still arrive at a glowing work (face-beat).

SKILL I’VE ESTABLISHED
With all these aside, I acquired a certain skill that I think would go a long way for me. A certain friend of mine told me, “most photographers don’t know the real deal in photography yet and that is why they are still where they are today.” I took my time to ponder on this and this inner vibe to go into photography kept pushing me. it is a really stressful work and very expensive I must say because to get a quality camera, lightening and other props cost a whole lot of money which is not technically forth coming right now but I have come to understand that life is a step by step process and coupled with the zeal to succeed, I must make it work.

HOW I INTEND TO MAKE WEALTH WITH MY SKILLS AND TALENT
Considering how bad the Nigeria economy has become, venturing into a business using my talent has really sustained me financially, especially bridal make-up. It pays so well and celebrity makeover too. If things continue to move fine, I will be out of school and in four /five years’ time, I should have my very own make-up school which will include photography to teach young upcoming artists how to survive this harsh economy just incase things don’t get better.

NAME : OGAR DEBORAH OWERE
REGISTRATION NUMBER:2016/231433
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
DATE: MARCH, 2019
Talent according to the Oxford Dictionary of current English Fourth edition is a natural ability or skill, people possessing natural ability or skill. It is often creative, or artistic aptitude.
Most people believe when you’re naturally good at something you’re talented or gifted am proud to say am one of those people. I write, poetry to be specific it came to me as a surprise I have always loved reading novels,plays and poetry works like zulu sofala’s wedlock of the gods, Night by Wole Soyinka, Beware,Soul Brother, by Chinua Achebe caught my attention how a mere human could write out of his imagination using words that had little or nothing to do with the scene to express it so perfectly
After reading a piece by Kahil Gibran The Wise king I decided to write something at first I didn’t know where to start or what to write about I finally decided to write about my mood to see if I could pen it down it took time and alot of thinking but I was able to do something I was satisfied with what I did though it was too straight forward and lacked creativity I cheered myself up that I just began my journey into poetry.
I kept on writing based on emotions and got tired I wanted to do something more; something out of the box and tried writing about wife battering I was very happy aftr I was done it was very good to me and I was satisfied with what I did below is a sample its titled ‘Faceless’.
That Chill cry in the dark it calls for help
It helplessness grows as each hour passes;the bluntness of her prey shatters my heart
That which was heaven sent now turned into Satan abode
The whips cut through my heart as though it was me
The pain in her eyes as she pleads for help
It kills me as I stare through the window
A woman brutalized,stripped of womanhood
By who she once thought was a friend,lover,closer than the blood of her blood
A god who she found comfort and shelter in
But now he causes her misery he brings the wrath of the titans upon her pure soul
A soul who only knew love
I stare feebly from my window
I dare not intercede but still how can I do nothing
My conscience will torment my little mind
Those images those tears those pains
My heart is shattered
How can man be so cruel
All promises made broken
All truth now lies
Why?
Her cries call out to her chi to fight for her
To appease the storms
She asks what wrong has she done to the Gods
They seek and they gave their blessings
So what went wrong? her knight in shining armour
Now her fiend
Bringing agony to a once happy woman
She questions her God but no answer
Does it means she has been forgotten?
Well I stare in disbelief at man’s inhumanity to man
Development wise, I have been reading and writing more, joined some groups for poet on facebook Poets in Nigeria(PIN),UNN writers Forum etc
I have always thought of how to create wealth with my writing though writing especially poetry has never fetched much for anyone but I have submitted two of my poems to a site it wasn’t accepted I plan on submitting to other sites that pay for poetry and participate in poetry competitions which am planning on participating in one come may.
More so, I have been thinking on doing spoken words on instagram like evalodiah and a bit of poetry but I haven’t gotten my plans right yet I have so many dreams I wish to achieve I hope and pray I can achieve them and not give up on them.

NAME: Charles Nneka lucky
REG.NO: 2016/234858
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
QUESTION:
Discuss your talents and the skills you have developed, and how do you intend to develop your talents and skills to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the medium term (5 to 10 years).

INTRODUCTION
Every person possesses certain skills and talent that makes us different from others. We often use the term talent and skill interchangeably, without knowing the fact that these are different from one another. Talent is an in born ability or natural aptitude of a person which is often hidden and needs recognition. It means, being good in a certain activity, without actually learning or acquiring it. Unlike skills, which is learnt ability, and it can be developed in some one if he or she puts its time and effort in it.
MY TALENT
My talent is cooking. Funny as it may sound but it’s what I love doing. I was quite young when I discovered how to cook, it is something I inherited from my grandmother, nobody taught me how to cook. I sometimes just want to try new recipe, make something different and it turns out good. I intend to open a café immediately after school till I get something doing, then I can hire a manager that will be managing my café while I work.
MY SKILLS
My skills is tailoring. I have always dreamt of having a big fashion house. Currently am learning how to sow though am not consistent because of school work but any little break i get, I spend it learning how to sow.
HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND MY SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR MYSELF AND TAKE MY SELF OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM.

 I love cooking and I have passion for tailoring. Here in school, I sell moi-moi, though not always since this semester because of school stress, I have limited it to only weekends. From the proceeds of the sales, I buy textbooks and take care of myself the little way I can.
 I intend to have my own café (Nicky’s cafe), where I will be selling delicacies ranging from breakfast,brunch,lunch and dinner, I will a employ people who will be helping in the business.

 I intend to also purse my tailoring career, I intend to have a fashion house. Even though am learning how to sow female wears, I will employ people that will help in sowing of male wears. By so doing am not just creating wealth for myself but also helping others develop their talent and also creating wealth for themselves.

 As soon as am able to carry out my dreams, unemployment and poverty will become history.

 Though it looks like a small dream but I want to be an employer of labour, so I will try my possible best to be focused in my studies, skill and above all God, because without him am nothing in this life.

THANKS.

NAME: ENEBECHUKWU JOHNSON U.
REG.NO:2016/235293
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS I
DEPARTMENT:ECONOMICS
TOPIC: DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND THE SKILL YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND HOW YOU PLAN TO DEVELOP IT TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY IN THE NEXT 5YEARS.

CONTINUATION…

SKILLS
Though I’m still acquiring more skills, I’ve been opportune to learn few skills.
Firstly, I am a welder. My dad is Metal Engineer. He construct iron works like gates, doors, windows, chairs, tables and other iron-related products. I was able to acquire this skill because I often follow my dad to his work place each time school was not in session/when school is on break. This advanced my knowledge because I was privileged to learn things I never knew before both from him and from the people around our work-place. As it stands now, when school is on break, my dad can engage on a business trip and I will manage the activities in our workshop effectively and efficiently. It really took me time to master most of the things in metal works because I was going to school and at the same time; learning the welding work.
Secondly, I am also a marketer. I was groomed in marketing of products when I finished my two years National Diploma Programme at the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu. It’s a polytechnic institution situated on the Eastern part of Nigeria. I learnt the marketing skill during my Industrial Training (I.T.) Programme which was one of academic requirements of a student for the person to come back for a Higher National Diploma Programme or to go for a Direct Entry into any other institution. I learnt many packages like advertising, product promotion, product-reselling and other things.
Using these skills I acquired to get myself out of poverty; here in school, I market products like Textbooks, Peanut, Biros and other things. After each marketing, I get paid for my services and make money out of it. When I receive my payment, I use part of the money to tackle some of my immediate needs like buying of textbooks, paying of faculty and departmental dues and other petty expenses. The other part of it I will save at the bank for future purposes.
As for the metal work I engage myself with when school is not in session, it has been a very big source of income to myself and my family.

NAME: ENEBECHUKWU JOHNSON U. REG.NO:2016/235293
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS I DEPARTMENT:ECONOMICS
TOPIC: DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND THE SKILL YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND HOW YOU PLAN TO DEVELOP IT TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY IN THE NEXT 5YEARS.
Talent is an in-born thing. It is something that is in us but we discover them with time as we grow. Some people discover their talent at a very young age while others discover theirs when they become teenagers.
Well talking about myself, I have discovered some of my talents. Why I used “some of my talents” is because I strongly believe that a greater part of me is yet to be unravelled. From the title I have discovered about myself, one is I have good comedy skills. This I discovered sometime around 2010 during a feast in my secondary and I took up the ‘Master of Ceremony” role. It wasn’t really easy at first but as the feast went on, I owned the stage. At the end of the feast, I got a warm handshake from my school principal; commending me for a job well done. Well, I was really encouraged because my principal’s handshake is not something that comes so easily like that.
After that event, I continued with the Master of Ceremony work. In 2012, after my graduation, I did the Master of Ceremony work again at my aunt's traditional marriage. I am also an artist, a pencil artist. I draw life objects and portraits. Actually, I discovered my drawing talent in my JSS3 when I first drew myself and framed it. After that, I drew my Parents, my uncle and my choirmaster. Well, ever since then, pencil drawing has been my thing. My dad gave me #5000 in appreciation for my wonderful artwork and also to motivate me to keep up the good work.
Another talent I have discovered about myself is singing. I have been since my Junior Secondary school days. My then school choir helped me in grooming my singing styles and techniques because I am a chorister. Even till today, I still sing because here in UNN, I’m still a chorister and I sing every Sunday at St. Peters’ Chaplaincy.
So far so good, these are the talents I have discovered in my life and I still believe that there are other ones still dormant yet to be awakened. When I do the “Master of Ceremony” work, I get paid for my services. With the payment I receive, I take care of my needs and save the rest for future purposes.
Being an artist has taken me to places where I never expected I would go. However, for every art work I produce, I get paid(except for the arts I gift out to my friends and relations). I get drawing contracts and when I finish the artwork, I get paid for my work. With the payment, I can save part of it, use part of it to procure more of my art materials and also tackle my immediate needs.
The singing aspect yield small income compared the income I receive from my drawing and MC talents. Being a chorister has really helped me a lot. Most times, choristers are invited to sing in activities like weddings, concerts and music shows and we get paid for our rendition of songs. We also engage in competitions and when we emerge as the winner in any competition, there is a payment for that.
The income I receive from these my talents can help me take care of my immediate pressing needs and also, part of the income saved can be used for futuristic purposes.

Ibeh Ezinne Linda
2016/234807
Combine Social Science
(Economics/Political Science)
300level
Economics 361:Development Economics

QUESTION:
Discuss your talents and the skills you have developed and how do you intend to develop your talents or skills to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the medium term(5 to 10 years)
ANSWER
Talent which means a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught while skill means to have personal or practical knowledge about something, the capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities which are often thought of an innate.
Back then when I was much younger when you ask me what my talent was, I will tell you I don't have one, but growing up got me enlightened, since I was engaged in things that brought me out from darkness to lime light. Writing of piece, Acting and Dancing were my first discovery that got me exposed in my community. Other things include hair making. Currently am learning fashion design which after school it will make me self employed even at the short run and long run. Also, with the help of sponsors and mentors who will make my firm grow, I will use the opportunity to solve the problem of nakedness among people starting with children and insane people.
With my qualifications in academics , I will combine it with current and further skill I will acquire and do things that will change my society first before going to the world knowing fully well that wealth will be generated and poverty will be alleviated.

NAME: OLEMGBE CHIAMAKA CHIBUZO
REG NO: 2016/234769
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361

QUESTION:
DISCUSS YOUR TALENTS AND SKILLS YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND HOW YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENTS AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY IN THE MEDIUM TERM (5-10YEARS).
Every human being conceived, carries in them that innate ability that is uniquely theirs. Lots of people may carry the same ability, but the way they use it makes them unique.
TALENT in a lay man’s understanding is a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught. Talents are one’s potentials deposited within a person; they are brain power for life accomplishments. It can also be seen as gift from God.
SKILL is defined as a type of work or activity which requires special training and knowledge.
MY TALENT
My talent is hair dressing; I discovered it when I was growing up. To me hair dressing is more like a talent than a skill, reason is because I discovered it when I was little and even started practicing it even without undergoing any form of training concerning it. I find out that I have passion as well as derive joy in making my younger sister’s hair and by doing so I started improving in that aspect, now that I have grown up, I can possibly braid any type of braiding, fix any type of weavon and so on. Now that am in school, am even making a lot of money from it by making some of my friends and my fellow students hair.
In the side of skill, I have developed some extraordinary skills that are not connected to my core talents. One of the skills is “BAKING”.
Baking can be seen as a food cooking method that uses prolonged dry heat by convection rather than by thermal radiation normally in an oven but also in hot ashes. A skill requires investment of a lot of time for it. To me baking is a skill because I invested my time in learning it. It was in the year 2014, when I travelled to port-Harcourt that I learn how to bake cake and other snacks from. Since then I find out that I derive so much joy whenever am baking a cake and other snacks.
HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY TALENT/SKILL TO CREATE WEALTH AND TAKE ME OUT OF POVERTY. To be an excellent hair dresser, I need to love what I do. I intend to establish a strong foundation and venture fully into hair stylist business to acquire solid technical skills and a strong understanding of the business side of beauty to become an expert in the field and by so doing, I will now have the opportunity to expand my salon, decorate it in a way that will suit my customers which will make them feel comfortable and happy. And I will be rendering extra ordinary services to my customers in order to attract more customers. If there is need to employ more workers, I will do so to avoid my customers getting annoyed.
Secondly, I intend to advertise my work on social media, by snapping and sending my work in the internet by doing so I will get to meet many clients
I will try to practice more on baking so as to be perfect in it which will attracts more customers to me. This will help me in growing the baking business thereby employing more workers. By doing so, I will be eradicating poverty for myself and the society at large

Name: CHRISTOPHER OGBONNA CHUKWUNENYE
Reg no: 2013/186332
Course code: ECO 361
A DISCUSSION ON THE TALENT AND SKILL I HAVE DEVELOPED AND MY PLANE ON HOW I WILL USE THIS TALENT TO CREATE WEALTH AND BE OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN NOW AND IN THE LONGRUN.
The impact of skill and talent in poverty eradication, economy growth and development can never be over emphasizing. Skill and talent development is the major ingredient that can take someone out of perpetual poverty and the goal of macro economy i.e. full employment, economy growth etc to be achieve. Skill development helps to provide employment and diversification of the economy which will result to economy growth and development.
Skill is said to be innate ability to carry carried out or perform a particular task with minimal difficulty. Ability to use one's knowledge effectively to learned power of doing something competently, for any country to move from grass to grace like china in term of economy skill and talent must be develop not to depend solely on oil and white scholar job as it is common in Nigeria. As a publisher, I use to gain contracts such as book publications, posters, banners, etc and as a computer operator I use to train people in computer applications leading to award of Certificate, photocopy documents, online registration which lead to the growth of my business to the level that I was able to meet up with the requirements for business name registration and I have to register my business name under the Corporate Affairs Commission (C.A.C) such that it increases the status of my business and as the status increases, my income also increased Having known that the level of my income as at this moment is not sufficient as I want, I took my JAMB UTME and got Admission into the University of Nigeria Nsukka where I am pursuing my B.S.C Certificate to enable me increase my personal status and stand a chance to apply for Jobs with better position and salary, and with such income from my B.S.C Job I can be able to enlarge my business more by importing computer accessories into the country and also build JAMB C.B.T Centre in different locations in country where applicants can sit for their UTME exams. All those factors killed talent and skill that is why this organization is out to fight for the young talented or potential entrepreneur so that they will have a flat play ground in their business by measure that the portion of the national budget main to encourage the entrepreneur to get to them because skill without development is a set back to the economy.

NAME EZEMA CHRISTIAN IFEANYICHUKWU
2016|234340
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT

Below are my talents and skills
Ability to teach very well
Discovering Ideal businesses
Business coaching skills
Public speaking skill
ICT Skill
My teaching skill has been one of the best skills and talent I have acquired so far right from childhood. It has been in me a long time ago. And I have taken time to develop this skill because I believe it will go a long way to make a great impact in my life. I have taught categories of people including those who are in the same level with me. I have served as a home teacher to a family friend. This talent is really a good one to me because when I teach, people comprehend easily. Even if what am teaching seems to be very difficult, they still end up understanding it because I try to bring it low to their level of understanding. Furthermore I am good in calculative courses and that is the area I specialize and love to teach very well
Secondly, through my business skills, I have by the grace of God become an entrepreneur. I developed this skill of entrepreneurship 3 years ago and it has been putting enough food on my table. Who is an entrepreneur? An entrepreneur is not just someone who is buying and selling good and services in the market but one who is able to identify problem and create solution to it. Furthermore, he does not only create a solution to solve the problem but make innovations on the solution from time to time so as to meet with people’s best and changing need. When I newly started my business, I began to bring up many innovative ideas that would make my business unique among my competitors. Those innovations advanced my business such that even my competitors began to adopt the same methods. However as an entrepreneur I have to create a wide gap among them through re-innovation.
On my ICT skill, it is no longer a new thing that technology has taken over the world and technology has also outweighed the use of manual effort to carry out task both in industries and organizations. ICT skill is another skill that did put a lot on my table. When I was doing my national diploma in the year 2012, I learnt how to type. Through this skill I was able to type peoples’ projects, term paper assignment, seminar work etc.
How do I intend to develop this skill in the future? By the grace of God as an economist, I have decided to equip myself with SPSS application package, E-view package, STATA etc . These are the economic tools used to run analysis, interpret economic result and make a good policy for the nation and for the firms and industries. I strongly believe that if I improve in this economic skill, I will see myself in another realm. I will run both public and private individual analysis and make policy for them and collect money from them.
On my Public Speaking skill; the positive impact gotten from my teaching skill has given me the courage to stand in front of large number of people to deliver lectures without fidgeting or exuding any atom of freight. Through public speaking, I will be called upon to deliver lecture on entrepreneurship, areas in economics, in schools, organization etc which I believe I will definitely charge them y services.
With this few talents and skills, I believe that I must surely escape poverty.

Name: Atisele Rose Mary
REG NO: 2016/238841
Department: ECONOMICS
There is a common misunderstanding about skill and talent.  Most people seem to think they are the same and that you can succeed greatly with either one of them.  Well, the truth is you can do a lot with one or the other but to you will need both to get the most from your potential.
Talent is a beautiful thing to witness.  It is a gift that someone is born with and should be treasured and appreciated.  Adults love to look at their child with musical or athletic talent and predict how far that talent will take them.  Talent fuels dreams and creates possibilities but it is not the magic pill for success.
The identification of one’s talent is one thing another is to put your talent to work which leads us to the skill and output is what we call wealth
I identified my talent in the expression of my feelings and emotions through drawing and paintings. I am an artist. Then it became a medium of communication from my inner mind to the outside world. Making painting and drawing of images for people creates an avenue for me to create wealth. I love my talent because it’s very lucrative and interesting. I went further to get more out it by skill I found myself in fashion line where I did make sketches of outfit and am being paid for it, people come to me for styles. Then another which is very important as a student is my communication skills being reading, writing and listening which am very good at.
Talent is precious and should not be taken for granted.  One of the reasons people never reach their full potential is because they do not value the talent that they possess.  If someone has a talent for singing then it is wise for them to be sure they are not abusing their vocal cords. Treating your talent like a rare commodity that needs to be protected and nurtured is a habit that will ensure you get the most from it.

University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Assignment on Development Economics
Name: Korie Bennethmichael Chiemela
Registration number: 2016/235898
Department: Combined Social Sciences (Economics and Sociology)
Lecturer: Dr. Tony Orji

💞 1) Discuss your identified talntand how the skill you have developed.
Answer: I identified my talent through my passion. I loved creative arts (the combination of colours, texts, shapes etc for creating an art work) but at a point, I couldn't go into it but it led me to the skill that I've developed to a great extent. My talent about creative arts drove me into Photography and Graphics designing. I know I have a long way to go but to some extent, I've developed my Graphics designing skills. My identified talent is CREATIVITY that finds expression through my skills to make it unique.

💞 2) How do you intend to develop your talent to create wealth and take you out of poverty in the main time and in the long run.
Answer: Sir, I intend to develop what I've explained above to create wealth for me in the short run or main time by making an investment in my photography business. I have a camera, I take shots but it has poor quality because the camera is not professional, so I can't take professional outdoor shots which has made me unable to compete in the labour market. So I need a capital to investment in my photography business.
A Canon EOS750D —————–₦210,00
A speedlight ————————–₦15,500
A Reflector—————————–₦6,000
A McroSD card————————₦2,500
A Tripod stand————————-₦17,000 Giving me a
Total of ———————————-₦251,000 for the start but In the scale of preference , Let the Camera and the speedlight. By getting these equipments, the next step is enrolling for trainings, workshop and seminars. But in the absence of these exposures, I'll continue with the tutorial videos I downloaded to keep building up myself. On the other hand, I'll need to get more tools like brushes, fonts, brushes, templates etc to develop the graphics designs skill.
With the level of camera I have, I take shots for ₦250-300 but when I upgrade to this equipments, shots will be professional and I'll shoot for 30minutes, 4 pictures for ₦3,500-₦4000. With these, in the shortrun, I'll be making ₦9,000-₦10,000 weekly and
In the LONGRUN, I'll start up a photography studio/Company on a full time base and my weekly income will be ₦70-₦90,000. Then, I'll be an employer of labour.
And lastly, in developing my talent and skills, I'll stick more closer to God who is the source of my talent, that's where the creativity comes from. Then I'll give myself to full mentorship. I've gotten two people to mentor me, one here in UNN who demanded for ₦20,000 and the other in Enugu City (Lyonz photography) whose money would be included in the capital.

💞 3). The skill / talent you've developed, the one you're developing and the one lying dormant to be developed later.
Answer: The talent I've developed is the Graphics designing(which is very broad), the skill I'm developing is photo editing and photography whose capital is ₦251,000 and the one lying dormant is Cinematography. Yes, sometime in the future, I'll go into cinematography and video editing.
For now, I'll need this capital to start up immediately because there's a long way to go, I need to help myself in school, my younger ones, the Media department where I head in church etc.
With all these plans, the level where I am now is the first stage which is raising the capital which I'm also soliciting for funds to get this project done by the end of April by the special Grace of God.
Thank you so much Sir. I really appreciate you asking this question, I discovered that as I analysed this (about my talent and skills) more business ideas came and for the first time, I had reasons to really chase after this. God bless you Sir.

NAME: AKOR PRAISE EMMANUEL
REG NO: 2016/240446
COURSE TITLE Development Economics
COURSE CODE ECO 361
DEPARTMENT ECONOMICS
LECTURER Dr. TONY ORJI
First of all my names are praise Emmanuel Akor, I hail from Igbo¬¬-eze north L.G.A of Enugu State of Nigeria .I am the 4th child of late Pastor Emmanuel Akor and Deaconess Joy Akor. As a young lad I was given a proper home training, and received support from my dad & mum. I grew up to become a very good footballer and a phylosopher. At a tender age of (13 ) thirteen, I was enrolled into the PEPSI FOOTBALL ACADEMY KADUNA, NIG. My performance aroused the interest of the head coach of the under-13 team. My skills on the pitch grew rapidly by the grace of God and with the help of my coaches. I was even enrolled into after hours training just to improve on my skills. But it was my responsibility to fan the sparks into flames of success. It was not easy. But I received tremendous support from my Dad and Mum despite financial constrainsLater on in my football career, I was among players chosen to represent Nigeria in the upcoming world PEPSI WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP in England after a rigorous selection process, God made it possible for me to be chosen. This happened in march, 2005 when I was still in my SS1 (one) at brain trust college Kaduna. My trip to England was abortive because, the process was now a matter of bribery and my parents couldn’t raise such amount then for me. My Dad said I quote “when it’s your time to shine nothing will stop you, not even lack. In 2008 I graduated from the football academy with hopes of securing a team within or Outside the shores of the country. I” get back to my football career but I want to explain” when I say I’m also a philosopher. I grew up reading different materials not also were I a fan or rather lover playing football I was also a seeker of knowledge. I was very inquisitive to know and explain certain phenomena (events/issues) not only to know but to pass it unto others. I started reading “wide” (other disciplines). I was even nicknamed the “baller pastor” in my secondary school,- because or due to the fact that I was always shedding light in vague/ hazzy facts/issues.
In conclusion I thank God for you and others like you for helping others identify their talents in order to fulfill destinies. I thank God that though I am not where I ought to be yet, I thank God that I am no longer where I used to be. For “He” that has started this good work in our/my life is able to complete it and to give us a feature and an expected end, because that’s his promise to us (me) for he knows the plans he has for us. One way or the other I will fulfill destiny with his gifting upon my life and I earnestly pray that he sends me a destiny helper to help me achieve what he has set out to do in our/my lives.
PRAISE EMMANUEL AKOR .
08139478792
Praiseemma.blogspot.com

NAME: OZOR JULIETH IFESINACHI.
REG NO: 2014/192784
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

A CONCRETE DISCUSSION ON MY TALENT AND SKILL, HOW IT CAN BE USED TO CREATE WEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND ALSO ELIVIATE POVERTY IN MY LIFE.
The modality of talent and skill is most often confused because of how the both concept are used interchangeably. Talent and skill are quite different from each other and has different meaning and ways it should be used in a course of discussion. To render justice to this discussion talent and skill will be discussed separately before I delve into the main topic matter. Talent is an inborn quality within a person. Most often it could be hidden and needs recognition at the right time. It can be improved over time if efforts are made in the right direction. Everyone is born with a special quality; that is talent; a person can posses talent in dancing, singing, acting, swimming, counseling, painting but will need to learn more skill on the same talent for more advancement. Talent is an ability that someone is born with. Skill is referred to as the ability or an expertise in performing a task, obtained by a person through systematic learning, practice or experience. It is the outcome of continuous efforts and improvements that makes one to gain proficiency on a particular talent. Skill enables you to perform a task efficiently. As there are no criteria for acquiring skills, it can be practiced by any person as much as you’re focused but it requires lots of hard work, time and other resources of the person to develop it effectively. A skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both.
MY TALENT AND SKILL:
My talent and skill as a focus of discussion, basically am talented in dancing while my acquired skill is baking. I will hereby focus on baking which is the one I want to make a living through.
First and foremost, I started learning baking back then in secondary school. When I got admission into the university, my holiday period is always used to learn further on how to perfect baking. Haven known fully well that Nigeria is battling with high rate of unemployment, i will save up my National Youth Service Allowance that will be when I must have graduated and gone for service. I will use the amount of money saved to purchase some baking materials I don’t have currently and also source for family and friends help in doing that. Thus I will further rent a shop in a strategic place within Enugu or River State to start up the baking fully. At this point, I can be able to make more money and open other outlets both in urban and rural areas. This will go a long way in creating employment and wealth to the host communities because people will be employed to work in my Bakerey, different kinds of food will be produce like bread, cake, chin chin, chips etc.
Furthermore, each of my outlets will also serve as a skill acquisition center where people can come and register to acquire skills.
Conclusively, baking as discussed above is the acquired skill I will use to earn a living to better my life and the life of others around me in a bid to alleviate poverty in my community.

DENNIS.CHARLES204170@UNN.EDU.NG

NAME; IKEGBUNAM DENNIS CHARLES
DEPARTMENT; ECONOMICS
REGNO;2016/201470
COURSE;DEVELOPMENT
LEVEL; 300L
ASSIGNMENT; DISCSS YOUR SKILL AND TALENT AND HOW YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR SKILL AND TALENT THAT WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY.
Talent can be defined according to goggle as “being able to have a natural ability to be good at something. Right from childhood my talent as always being football. When I was a little boy I would sneak out of the house just to go and watch football especially fc bacerlonia which makes me one of their huge fans till date always played for my team in secondary school and we always come out with the cup even here in unn I play for my school (ozumba cups) football makes me agile, more fit and makes me interact with people
Also, I have a skill which is web design , before I talk about it I would like to define what skill is defined as being trained to do a particular thing I learnt this skill after my secondary school I was not able to get admission to the university so I decided to learn web design. Now I can perfectly create and design a web and also standardize codes I intend to use my skill and talent to create wealth for me by creating awareness or advertising it online through blogging.

NAME; THOMPSON ONYINYECHUKWU KEREN
REG NO; 2016/237657
DEPARTMENT; COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES (ECONOMICS / SOCIOLOGY)
COURSE CODE; ECO 361
COURSE TITLE; DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS
LECTURER; DR TONY ORJI
TOPIC;
DATE; 11/ 03/ 2019.
My name is Thompson onyinyechukwu, I want to talk about my talent and skills and how I plan to develop it in order to create wealth for me in the nearest future.
First of all talent is something that is inborn, that is a gift given to you by God. Talents is something that all individuals have and if well developed or harnessed should and will make wealth for you, for even the bible said that the gift of a man will make way for him.
My talent is hair making and other skills I have tried developing and still developing is cathering and bag making.
First and foremost, I am still working and practicing to perfection; this is so that I will be competent enough to stand the labour market, reason being that I cannot compete with unharnessed skill and talent, competition demand that one should be at the top of the game and practice and competency will not only take you there but it will sustain you up there.
So the strategies that I have applied in achieving this aim of mine alongside my academics is that first, in regards to hair making, I have continued to make hair for my friends at no cost and to other persons at cost, this has enabled me to continue improving in the skill though am almost to an appreciable height and it has also served as a platform to sell my skill and talent in order to be popular for a future income and earning.
Secondly in regards to catering and bag making, I have enrolled in an online catering class and for bag making I have seized the opportunity to learn from a friend who has already acquired the skill, so to acquire the trainings from him, I have made it a holiday and weekend lessons.
So, to make these an actualizable future means of income, aside my educational career, I will own a saloon with high standard equipments, employ people who are also very good in the work and can offer quality service to customers, sales of quality hair products and materials, in order to make my saloon a household name in the business world. I will also offer catering services to people so as to make more money.
All these needs capital, so I plan saving up most of my service money and any money I realize from any work I do after my education here in the university.

NAME: NNANGA EDIONGSENYENE SUNDAY
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
REG/NO:2016/233924
ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC:How do I intend to develop your talent and your skills to create wealth for me and take me out of poverty.

WHAT IS SKILL?

An ability and capacity acquired through deliberate, systematic sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carryout complex activities or job functions involving ideas,cognitive skill, technical skill hand/ or people with interpersonal skill.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF TALENT?

A natural ability to be good at something especially without being taught.

HOW CAN MY TALENT CREATE WEALTH FOR ME?

My talent can generate wealth for me if I sell my art work in the labour market and people buy's my works it will generate source of income which will make me to afford my needs and wants. Because the last time I checked a very good art work is very expensive in the world.I can create job opportunity for the young up going which can reduce poverty.Some rich people many call you to design their house like draw flowers and putting art work too.
My art work can bring foreign investors in my country which will make me get money from it which can also instill pride,help in develop real_life skill,Arts increase an opportunity for self expression and an individual sense of belonging or attachment to a community. One Artist once said that art help us identify with one another and expands our notion of we_from the local to the global.one of the major responsibilities of artist and the idea that artist have responsibilities may come as a surprise to some,that is to help not only get to know and understand something with their minds but also to feel it emotionally and physically.

NAME:NNANGA EDIONGSENYENE SUNDAY
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
REG/NO:2016/233924
ASSIGNMENT
TOPIC:How do I intend to develop my talent and my skills to create wealth for me and take me out of poverty?.

Some people have neglected art work and they don't know that art work can actual help their life styl and also their society.which can created foreign investors and tourists visitors to relax.it's is an important aspect of culture.

WHAT IS SKILL?

An ability and capacity acquired through deliberate, systematic sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carryout complex activities or job functions involving ideas,cognitive skill, technical skill hand/ or people with interpersonal skill.

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF TALENT?

A natural ability to be good at something especially without being taught.

HOW CAN MY TALENT CREATE WEALTH FOR ME?

My talent can generate wealth for me if I sell my art work in the labour market and people buy's my works it will generate source of income which will make me to afford my needs and wants. Because the last time I checked a very good art work is very expensive in the world.I can create job opportunity for the young up going which can reduce poverty.Some rich people many call you to design their house like draw flowers and putting art work too.
My art work can bring foreign investors in my country which will make me get money from it which can also instill pride,help in develop real_life skill,Arts increase an opportunity for self expression and an individual sense of belonging or attachment to a community. One Artist once said that art help us identify with one another and expands our notion of we_from the local to the global.one of the major responsibilities of artist and the idea that artist have responsibilities may come as a surprise to some,that is to help not only get to know and understand something with their minds but also to feel it emotionally and physically.

Name: Okeze Ezinne Pretty
Reg no: 2016/234314
Department: Economics
Course title: development economics
Course code: eco 361
Assignment: discuss your talent and skills and how you intend to develop them to create wealth.
Talent is a natural ability or capacity to do something, my talent is in the arts. My mind is always on the think creatively mode, Using
Cosmetic techniques and processess to create beauty on human body, smoothing out flaws and enhacing appearance is a natural gift in me I discovered over the years.

My talent requires few skills in order to excel and earn money these skills includes:-

Creativity
My talent as an art requires a creative imagination and a strong visual sense. I must be able to understand the different shapes and features of a face and also recognize how to highlight them.
It is important for me to understand perception and visualization as cosmetic application relies on the ability to mentally rearrange details of an image to create an attractive look without mistakes.

Detail orientation
I must be able to complete work under presure without letting the details slip as some job may require extended periods of concentration to complete meticulous cosmetic requests.

Management
I manage my time and time of others, I have to be able to quickly analyze each client's desire and obtain the equipment and products necessary to complete the job. When starting out I must market myself and manage my physical and online presence to gain clientele and build a strong client base.

I have the natural ability to create beauty on faces using cosmetic products but the above needed skills to earn money with it does not come naturally, heres a few ways I can develop and get better with each skill.

Practice
Practice makes perfect, making practise part of my everyday routine, Trying out different looks on myself or friends will help me get better.

Mentorship
It will be a great advantage if I can connect with a makeup artist who will let me tag along to their jobs, finding someone to show me the ropes is invaluabe to my skill development.

Get online and market myself
Social media has a huge impact on my skill development and growth. The more I expose my work and exposed to others the more I grow.

Taking any job and putting my best to it
To build experience Its important I take any makeup job and put in effort to make it fine.

Name: Onyekwelu Chisom Mercy
Reg No: 2016/233923
Department: Economics
Course: Development Economics
Lecturer: Dr.Tony Orgi
Assignment: Discuss your Talent and skill and how you intend to generate income through it.

According to Oxford dictionary skill is to have personal or practical knowledge of be versed or practiced expert or dextrous. According to Wikipedia, skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time energy or both. Skill can often be divided into domain – general and domain- specific skill.
When I was a little kid, I used to help my mum in the kitchen. She would always make my favorite dishes. Watching her cook since I was a kid, made me want to try out. So here I am writing what inspires me to cook and how cooking can generate income for me. I find cooking as very relaxing task to be engaged in. Hunting through the refrigerator, collecting the ingredients, preparing them and putting them together to make something delicious puts me in a much relaxed mood than sitting and watching movie. I have never felt stressed while cooking. Among the changes I made in my life, to spur my love for cooking, non may be more significant than the decision to start using fresh ingredients whenever possible. Once I began replacing dried spices with fresh ingredients ( onion, garlic, ginger) the flavor of my meal improved dramatically and so is my confidence and enjoyment.
My love for cooking has made me look into other in the traditional dishes. Learning how to make them and teaching them how to make my traditional dishes like a friend of mine from the south precisely etik taught me how to make the popular "afang south" which is among the etiks. More so, I learnt several delicious delicacies from the social media, Instagram to be precise I follow so many culinary shows and contest like the popular " knorr chef" which is hold every year. Most at times I try making the dishes I see online, sometimes they come out well other times it's manageable. Cooking is an art full of creativity, where you dance in your kitchen, mix your imagination with a twist and put together a delicious meal.
I very much enjoy cooking and do it well and always hear strong compliments on my cooking motivates me to cook even better next time. As my mom always say, cooking is a way to express your love to your family members in an edible manner. Cooking with love provides food for the soul.
I can really generate income through cooking. Firstly, by doing cooking demos and creat my own cooking classes to sell online. Secondly, I will also make video tutorials because it would help me to connect with my audience. Thirdly, I will also create subscription services for my online videos to keep viewers coming back and to create an ongoing source of revenue. Progressively, I can even release teaser content on a site like YouTube and encourage users to join my subscription site. On-demand sites would allow me to share my love for cooking and food experiences with others. I would use sites like BonAppetour to take guests around the world, exploring culinary delights and sharing my travel experiences.

NAME:Nzeakor Chukwuka Riches
REG NO:2016/240626
COURSE TITLE:DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE:ECO 361
LECTURER:DR.TONY ORJI
TITLE:ALLEVIATING POVERTY THROUGH SKILL ACQUISITION
A skill is an ability and capacity acquired through deliberate,systematic and sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carryout complex activities or Job functions involving cognitive,technical and interpersonal skills.
I can job hunt by matching my skill set to a certain profession, or enhance my skillset to further my career progression.
Among all of the e skill sets I hand a strong affiliation for writing. Writing as a skill set is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels,shirt stories,poetry,plays and essays as well as various reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public.
As a writer I will have to develop my reasoning and problem solving skills,research skills,communication skills and doggedness.As a writer I need to be versatile in my knowledge of things as I may be called upon to write on topics I don't tnow much about.
I could also earn aliving in writing articles,creating collateral for content hungry businesses, I could write as a conversion focused copywriter, I could write a best selling book which will improve my credibility especially if I want to start up my own blog,I could also build a niche blog and promote third party products.I could later think about adding my own products to the mix using my writing skills and topic knowledge to deliver specific results that readers are willing to pay for.

CHIDEBERE.WALTER.237623@UNN.EDU.NG
NAME; CHUKWUEMEKA CHIDEBERE WALTER
REGNO; 2016/237623
DEPARTMENT; ECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT; DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND SKILL AND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILL THAT WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY
Before I start, I would like to define what talent is; according to Wikipedia talent can be defined as an inborn ability which people love and is difficult. My name is Chukwuemeka chidebere Walter my talent is running have always loved running from my childhood I am always picked to go for inter house sport and I always com put first during my secondary school days. I also came out first in nuga games held in the university of Nigeria nsukka running makes me agile and physically fit.
Also, my skill is cooking but before I start I would like to define what skill is, skill can be defined as an ability which is learnt by people, house, social media, religion etc. an example of a place where we can learn skill acquisition is skill acquisition centers. I have always loved cooking right from my child hood but never had the talent so after my secondary school I learnt how to cook from a skill acquisition center close to my place where I learnt how to cook both national and intercontinental dishes now I am proudly a chef I intend to use my talent and skill to create for me that will take me out of poverty through advertisement on social media which lead to more people having an idea for example, I can upload a video where I am running or cooking on social media and also through blogging

NAME: EZE CHINWENDU ESTHER
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE
REG. NO: 2018/239921
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT AND UNDEVELOPMENT
Assignment
How I intend to develop my talent and my skills to create wealth and take my out of poverty for the medium term of (5years) long term of (10years).
According to the dictionary defines talent as a marked natural ability or skill, also God gift.
Cooking is my talent cooking? Yes cooking! Cooking some I have to do not just for the sake of food but for the love of food. Food is the process of preparing by using heat. Since I was a girl, I love to join my mum in the kitchen because I love food. Having seen it as something I love to doing, I took upon because I know that this the only prefect thing I can do as a young girl. So since I have identify and foster my talent, then I decided to create wealth for myself and to come out poverty through developing interprenatal process. This is how I will do about it, after am done with my degree I will apply for carteen school or program to help boast my talent (cooking) when I am done, I will open my own cartening service centre, to teach the young cooks, after that I will go international by upgrady my business, by attending competitions. I know that I will win because I believe in my talent and skills, with this I will escaping out of poverty for life and for my generation as well.

NAME: MADU CHINYERE KINDNESS
REG NO.: 2016/234832
DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION/ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
TOPIC:
WRITE YOUR TALENT AND SKILL AND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP IT BETWEEN NOW TO TEN
(10 YEARS) TO CREATE WEALTH

My talent and skill is all about singing Christian music and how I hope to develop it between now and next ten (10 years) to create wealth to me is by: 1) Joining the music team which am working towards. 2) Knowing the part or names of musical instruments 3) Learning the instrument and training my voice 4) Making friends with the music Atheist, especially, Christian atheist and consciously following them in their practices and presentations. Thus, having been equipped from all angles from difference groups of atheist, I will establish my own studios, were I will be training others and I will also start producing my own albums or songs and market it.

NAME: MICHAEL RACHAEL ENE
REG NO: 2016/237619
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).
Since a talent is said to be specie ability to do something by an inherent, inborn or something that is naturally occurring without being taught or learned, A talent is referred to as a “GIFT” where as a skill is an ability obtained through practice and can be mastered indisciously. My developing talent is being a skilled chef.
HOW I INTEND TO CREATE WEALTH WITH MY SKILL AND AID IN ECONOMIC Development
By practicing and mastering my skills as a chef gaming global Recognition would judisciously boost my mode of income and also aid in my country is economic development, it is well known that economic growth is only sustainable if all countries have tood security without a country owned and country driven food security strategy there will be obstacles and additional cust to global, rejional and country level economic growth. As an entrepreneur in the food market I can use my skills to support new ventures, add to economic development, enable new markets to be developed and live wealth created for example in Nigeria we are try in to intensify our efferts to boost the production of cocoa so as to benefit from the global market where me product is currently high in demand. According to a search carried out by Laurent pipitone of the international cocoa organization the demand for cocoa products, is surging, while the supply of cocoa has struggled, it is known that cocoa is one of the basic products used by chefs to process meals, therefore as a chef who has created wealth for myself, focusing on the local production of cocoa in my country which I know are widely used by other. Recognized chefs to make “chillys” and chocolate for baking and pastries it would be wise to start up a local cocoa farm since the government pays more attention to the production of cocoa in Nigeria, now having a local cocoa farm. Which are made into chillys and which flaroures for cooling baking would be efficient in the fovd market and in the process help to create wealth for myself and aid in economic development.

NAME: OSHINOIKI, MUYIWA EMMANUEL.
REG NO: 2016/240926
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

Talent is a set of skills possessed by an individual, it can be defined as the natural ability to be good at something, and talents can be in born and at the same time acquired. A talent (or gift, or aptitude) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is difficult. Someone is born with an ability. People say they are "born with a talent". Someone who has talent is called talented. A skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. People need a broad range of skills to contribute to a modern economy. A joint ASTD and U.S. Department of Labor study showed that through technology, the workplace is changing, and identified 16 basic skills that employees must have to be able to change with it. Skills can be categorized based on the level of expertise and motivation. The highest level of engagement corresponds to the artisan. About 2% of people reach the highest level.
I am good at Drawing and painting, and also singing with this I can be able to generate wealth and solve major problems. My skills are gaming, playing basketball with this I can be able to generate wealth and solve major problems.

NAME; IDOKO OGECHI THERESA
REG NO; 2016/236110
DEPARTMENT; ECONOMICS
LEVEL; 300L
COURSE TITLE; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT; DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND YOUR SKILL AND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR IT TO TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY
First and foremost, I would like to define what talent is a talent simply means the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and is difficult it is an ability someone is born with, someone who has talent is called “talented”.
My name is idoko ogechi Theresa I hail from Enugu state. I have a talent of singing according to goggle singing refers to an act of performing tunes by making musical sound with the voice I have always loved singing right from my childhood, my parent always encourage me to join choir in other to improve my vocal sounds, which has really helped me a lot I always derive joy from singing right from my childhood it gives me inner joy and peace people always admire my voice in schools, churches, and whenever I sing, I base on gospel songs my role model is chinwe otito her songs include; excess love etc.
I also have the skill of fashion designing, firstly, I would like to define what a skill is, a skill is a capacity to do something well, display of art like the science of ability skills are usually acquired or learned as opposed to ability which are often thought of as innate, I have always had this strong love for fashion I can sow clothes I learnt this during the long vacation in Lagos in a skill acquisition in Lagos at igando.
Also, I Intend to develop my talent and skills by constant practices and also by using it to create wealth for me which will take me out of poverty, through to so many ways; first by creating awareness of my skill and talent in other to attract customers which in the long run will expand all over state. secondly is through government intervention through grant by government for entrepreneurship to enable me start up a fashion designing business. this is how I intend to develop my skills and talent

Name: ONYEKE IFEBUCHE KELVIN
Reg No: 2016/236158.
Dept: ECONOMICS.
Course: Eco 361(Development Economics).

WHAT IS TALENT?
A talent is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is difficult. It is an ability that someone is born with. People say they are "born with a talent". Someone who has talent is called talented . Talented people may have more than one talent. Skills people commonly value as talents are entertaining, beautiful, or impressive for a different reason like Music , dancing , acting or sports .
The realization of my talent in music rose when I first partook in a school singing group while in the junior secondary school. We were randomly selected to write songs during weekends and bring it for corrections and as I see myself writing I felt happy because it became one way I can express my feelings/emotion, I also found out that it was just flowing with ease.
When I performed those written songs for close friends in the street, they loved it and asked me to keep it up and take it very serious believing that one day it will take me far.
I wrote my first official song while in Senior Secondary School 1(SSS 1) And had to record it late during the SSS 2(Senior Secondary School 2) and had to record it late during the SSS 2 because of cost constraint. Finally the song was released and I got to let some close friends and relatives listen to it before promoting it via the radio station and social media platforms in order to get a larger audience/fans , So far so good I have been favored & graced because in all the events I have performed, people feel happy and good comments kept coming based on my song and performance skill because I combine it with dancing as it is my first discovered talent in life.
As an upcoming artist aspiring to make it big into the entertainment industry someday and also go into show business where I will definitely be booked for event performance, I intend sending my track Demos to record labels within the country and outside, make some adverts for my songs etc. While doing all of these stuffs I hope and I keep praying that someday a qualified record label or sponsorship will reach-out for me and finally get a recording deal for me to sign with them and the terms/conditions will be agreed by both parties.
I believe that this my dream will surely come to reality and I will get to do that which I crave for, and I know there are other upcoming artists like me in the country who also aim/dream big for their music career because it is a one way out of poverty and a reduction in the youth dependency of employment on the government.

NAME:ORIOHA VICTORIA ULOMA
REG NUMBER:2016/234831
TOPIC:Discuss your identified talents and skills you have developed. How do you intend to develop your talent and skill to create wealth for you between medium term(5yrs)and long term(10-15yrs).

CREATION OF WEALTH USING MY SKILLS AND TALENTS
Talents and skills ought to be one of the fundamental tools and stepping stone to a person's life in relation to his or her ambition, dreams and aspirations. This being the case, one has to develop what he has, be it Talent or skills.It is therefore a thing of necessity to see your in-born talent or developed skills as an instrument used for creation of wealth.
I will therefore use myself as a case study to talk about how I can use my talents and skills to create wealth in Years to come, say minimum of 5years and maximum of 15years.
My life as a young lady has been quite challenging yet filled with things that gives me joy and fulfilment and in it lies talents I have discovered and skills I have developed and with this I have a strong believe as well as being enthusiastic of how far I can go with them only if my efforts appear or is devoid of lackadaisical attitudes. I will start with my talent.
SINGING
This, as a talent of mine is one of which I have passion for and I tend to improve by enrolling into a musical academy where I can train my voice for the better and also supplement by learning an instrument which will aid in my rhythmical flow when performing. After I must have acquired a great deal of knowledge from this, I can independently write and voice my own songs. Through social media, my songs will be heard and will go a long way till it gets to the point I can feature with other artists and with such opportunities, greater heights to wealth will be attained. I have a dream that one-day my voice would be heard in my motherland and the rest of the world.
My skills includes:
CREATIVE WRITING:my best friend has always been my pen and paper cos it know more about me than any other person. I always see myself wanting to talk,lift their spirits or give solutions to their problems.i found out that I could reach a million and one people with just one piece of write-up talk more of when it talks about them. With this in mind, great inspiration to write emanates giving me hope that I can bless more and more lives especially through social media. When I write books and sell, I can make money from there.
PUBLIC SPEAKING:This is a skill I love so much because it renders my fears useless and my anxieties defenseless.My nervousness before carrying out any form of public speech helps to build my courage in the sense that such a joy I feel coming out to share my knowledge and enlighten people.How much I love to be heard.TO make my wealth with this, I can host shows or pep talks ,and that can gradually make me popular and help me financially though gradually.
The creation of my wealth isn't just limited to the above exposition but because of some constraints, I will stop here.We should always try to discover what we can do and use it in an efficacious manner to make use better people. REMEMBER-NO ONE CAN CREATE YOUR WEALTH FOR YOU!!!

NAME: OKOLI CHINEMEREM CHIOMA
REG NO: 2016/233851
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI

Discuss your identified talents and the skills you have developed. And then how do you intend to develop your talent and skill to earn money/create wealth for you and take you out of poverty.

Talent is the ability of someone to have natural ability to be good at something especially without being taught (eg) of talent are artistic talent, music, painting, songwriter etc. And skill is an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practiced it. (eg) of skills are sewing, makeup, etc. kly developing talent is makeup, its something I have always loved doing right from secondary school till date, I have never make girls up for their birthday photo shoots, matriculcttions and pageantry competition.
From my first year in UNN I have always made money from making girls up though not so much money because I still don’t have the complete makeup set. I have so much plans for this talent of mine first I would love to develop it more by applying and attending a makeup tutorial in which after two months or a month of training you will be given a makeup box and some makeup sets. If I achieve this I will be able to make more money and be able to buy other makeup things and complete the box with a complete makeup box I will be able to go for Bridal makeup where I will be paid not less than # 70,000 per job. I will seally love to achieve this now that I am still in school that way will have enough customers and be able to make a name for myself before leaving school.
Then when I finally leave school I will love to open a makeup shop where people can come on a daily basis for their makeup and also buy their makeup products. Because I will love to sell makeup products too.
In the longriun, I will love to be able to have my own makeup company. That is where makeups are made. And as we know the entertainment industry plays a huge role in the economic development many countries. When a movies or television shoots films on location, it brings with it job oppourtuinities for makeup artists, alstomiers and other sets. Thereby creating room for economic development. And also if a makeup industry is created in Nigeria it will reduce the rate of import of makeup products from other countries and this will equally lead to economic development.

NAME: NZELU JUSTIN OLISA
REG NO: 2016/231506
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI

Discuss your identified talents and the skills you have developed. And then how do you intend to develop your talent and skill to earn money/create wealth for you and take you out of poverty.

The act of doing business has been what I have engaged in since my young age. I discovered my business ability at a very tender age probably at the age of 4 or less, reason might be because I am the last born in my family and spend so much time in my mum’s business place. As I grow up, the acumen to do business keep growing with me and till date am still heading my brother’s business and I look forward to having my own business anytime soon before or after graduation.
On the other hand, I have developed cooking skill. On the quest to eliminate poverty and enhance living standard in my family, I joined catering company during my secondary school days and ever since then has developed a good skill and love for cooking and events.
This special skill has promoted me to the post of assistant manager in my company and has made me travel to almost all the states in Nigeria (especially southern).
Conclusively, in the long run, I wish to have my own catering group/company alongside my business and make life more comfortable. I can be a teacher and still carry out the catering job, this will bring income from both sides, not only will it bring income, my family members will also benefit from it because they will be able to consume good meal at all times.

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

AN ASSIGNMENT

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE COURSE: ECO 361 (DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)

TOPIC:
MY TALENTSKILL AND HOW TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIA ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE-TEN YEARS

BY:

CHIAKWA CHINENYE PRECIOUS
2018201472

LECTURER:
DR. TONY ORJI

MARCH 2019.

TALENTS
Closely related to temperament is talent. These are those unique gifts with which one is endowed by God, and which if well horned can lift one to the highest status of life. Your talents are strong indication of the direction God wants your life to go and what he wants you to accomplish in life. Therefore, in choosing our career or profession, we must consider both our temperament and talents. Success becomes easier when you choose a course that helps develop your talent, and a career or profession that suit your personality and in which your talent is amply put to use.
MY IDENTIFIED SKILLS
Managerial skills
Good advisory skill
Competence in the use of Microsoft applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc.)
Excellent interpersonal relationship
Analytical mind and keen eye for details
Effective communication skill (ability to create a good rapport)
MY IDENTIFIED TALENTSGOD’S GIFT
Virtue
Hard work
Patience
Honesty
singing
“A sudden fortune will dwindle away, accumulation little by little is the way to riches” (Prov.13:11). Development of my skills together with my God given gifts will lead to a sure way to wealth. The secret of lasting wealth is virtue, hard work, patients, modesty; honesty etc. An example of a successful wealthy man is Andrew Carnegie. Many people had similar ambition as Andrew, but lacking the virtue of patience, hard work and seriously tempted by the influence, fame and false reverence that often comes with affluence; they were easily lured into the path of quick riches. The most important thing is neither to make money nor at what age it is made but to create a lasting wealth that will improve your standard of living and the Nigeria Economy
I have had lots of working experiences with the following skills above; during the holidays I often work as a receptionist and a computer operator at my place of work and as a financial secretary in a group in church. How I intend to develop these skills is already being undertaken as I am currently in the higher institution (university), to broaden my horizon on all of these skills as I am in economics department where I will be able to learn more and improve in all my skills in the short term.
After my short term plans which is to develop my talent and skills, in the period of five to ten years, I would have been established in the profession of my choice which is to be a business tycoon thereby giving back to the society through my services rendered for the purpose of increasing the standard living of our country and also for the growth of the Nigerian economy
In conclusion, using these talents and skills I will be able to create wealth and develop the Nigerian Economy.

University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Faculty of the social science
Department o the social science

Name: Ezenaike Chukwuebuka Vincent
Reg No: 2016/234770
Department: Economics
Course title/code: Development economics(eco 361)

ASSIGNMENT: Write down your talent and the skills you have developed. How do you intend to develop your talent and your skills to create wealth and take you out of poverty between medium and long term?

My talents are playing football and acting. The skills I have developed so far is DJ work, painting and rendering customer services like bartender and selling goods.

Over the years, u have discovered that I was gifted with the talent of playing football and acting. I started playing football as a teenager and I have represented my school and state in so many football tournament like shell cup and anambra fa cup and the grace of God I'm still doing that in the university. With my foresight ability, creativity and strength, I have been able to play in all the midfield positions in football.
I intend to develop my football talent by training and practicing regularly because hardwork they say beats talent, so I intend to working Hard in other to attain the maximum fitness I need to excell in football because for a player to give his best or perform well in the field of play he must be 100% fit. I also intend to develop my football talent by fearuring regularly in football competitions in school and also going for trials, through that I migh get scouted and signed to a good football club that will be paying me well. In the area of acting, due to circumstances I have not been able to push it further, it's not something I can combine with my education considering the nature of my course, economics, so my plan is to go into it after school.
Coming to my skills, I'm good in DJ work, I can mix music and give the crowd a good sound of music. I can also paint, it's a skill I learnt when I was in secondary school, I have painted good number of houses. Another skill I have is rendering services to customers like selling goods like drinks in a bar and any other goods you can think of. With my ability to endure provocative attitudes displayed by customers a times I can serve In a customer service company like bar and restaurant. Also with my soft and tender words I can sell goods to people. With these skills coupled with knowledge from education, I can go into any business or open my own company after school which will create so many create so much wealth for me.

In the short term, my talent and skills has been paying me well. I get paid after playing any football competition. With my ability to tenderly attend to customers I have been able to work in a hotel that paid me well and I also earn money for painting houses.

In the long term, my talent and skills is going to be a good source of income to me because I can go into any of them and make money for myself.

NAME: UDEH GODWIN ONYEKA
REG NO: 2016/237158
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY)
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORIJI
MARCH,2019
ASSIGNMENT: DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND YOUR SKILLS AND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP THEM TO CREAT WEALTH WIPE OUT POVERTY

Talent is a natural ability which someone has. Skills is the knowledge and capacity to do something
My developed talent is dancing, I love dancing and I believe dancing was born inside of me from an early age I realized that I was born with this talent because I loved to dance, I was involved in all competition and presentations of dance because the dance was what I liked what I wanted to every day, I liked when I danced because the people were happy when I showed them my talent and I was also happy that the people enjoy what I did.
The dance is like an air because it doesn't have direction, when you start to move you don't have direction also of your movement you just want to express with your hands, with your body, with your kind of music that you dance. The dance has movements rhythm, motivation dreams and everything is in one word 'dance'
There are various method of earning through dancing skills and a famous one is posting online dance blogs and giving lesson to others. Blog is not a new term to market and almost everyone even kids understand. The word of this incredibly popular blog system.
Thank you.

NAME: OKOLI OGECHUKWU. M.
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECONOMICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE)
REG NO: 2016/238838
COURSE: ECO 361
LECTURER: DR.TONY ORJI

Every person possesses certain skills and talent, that makes us different from others. We often use the terms talent and skill interchangeably, without knowing the fact that these are different from one another. While talent is an inborn ability or natural aptitude of a person which is often hidden and needs recognition. It means, being good in a certain activity, without actually learn.
Unlike skill, which is a learnt ability, and it can be developed in someone if he/she put his time and efforts in it. The efforts need to be voluntary, systematic and sustained, to acquire a skill and satisfactorily and sustained to acquire a skill and satisfactorily undertake various tasks and activities.
Though I enjoy doing a lot of things but what I enjoy doing most is to cook, cooking is one of those things that comes naturally for me, and I inherited it from my mother, i started cooking when I was little, it’s like an inborn ability. Cooking is something that gives me great joy and satisfaction whenever I am engaged in it.
I have other things am good at such as singing and sports but my passion in cooking supersedes them all. After I am through with getting my degree here, I would like to go to a culinary school where I can develop and expand my cooking ability.
After that I can set up my own restaurant, become a culinary teacher or open a blog to offer cooking recipes for a fee. I believe that through this way I can be able to make money, become financially stable and alleviate poverty within the next five years.

NAME: OKONKWO, CHARITY ADAOBI
DEPARTMENT: ADULT EDUCATION/ECONOMICS
REG. NO: 2017/245131
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
LEVEL: 300 (2/3)
LECTURER’S NAME: DR. TONY ORJI (Phd)
DATE: 21/3/2019

Assignment
Discuss your identified talent and the skills you have. How do you intend to develop your talent and skills to create wealth and alleviate poverty in 5-10 years.
Answer
Talent is the skill that someone has to do something very well. It is an ability that someone is born with. This means that a talent is having a unique gift, a natural aptitude.
Skill is a type of work or activity which requires special training and knowledge. Skill is the knowledge and ability that enables someone to do something well.
Development is a process that creates growth, progress, positive change or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic components.
My identified talent and skills is poultry management and animal feeds production.
Poultry
Poultry means domestic fowl in a large number and this includes: ducks, hens, geese turkeys etc. and these are kept for eating or form laying eggs.
My intension to develop my talent and skills as a poultry manager is to produce poultry meat in abundance using the best poultry species and adopting the latest poultry methods so that in 5 to 10 years my talent and skills will help to create wealth and alleviate poverty in my local government in particular and the country at large.
Under this my intension, I will specialized in the following products:
Egg production and distribution.
Broiler production.
Rearing of parent stocks for production of table eggs.
Animal feeds production.
What motivated me to develop this talent and skill includes the following:-
It’s profitability.
It is easier than other livestock production.
To see the birds grow and produce eggs gives much pleasure.
My value proposition especially for parent stock production.
Poultry industry creates jobs and provides market for locally poultry management.
Production of egg, meat, poultry manure and other poultry products minimizes or reduces unemployment especially for white cola jobs.
It is profit oriented.
Chicken is low in cholesterol unlike other red meats.
There is no religious, cultural and aesthetical restriction to the consumption of chicken or egg. They are readily available.
To see the employees as the most valuable assets.
It is always available to the customers.
The critical success factors of the poultry industry includes:-
Existence of reliable market.
The use of improved species of poultry got from healthy parent stocks.
Bio security measures in the farm; this plan addresses the issues of isolation, traffic control, sanitation etc.
Contribution of poultry management to the local and national economy.
The faces of the hen will be dried and re-cycled as organic manure.
It will create job opportunities to the local people.
Poultry eggs have several health promotions and this makes it easily marketable across the nation.
It manages to balance domestic meat shortage.
It will bring about wealth and poverty reduction in the society.
Despite being the only protein food with 100% biological value, eggs cost lower than other protein sources and even sells faster. This is due to the low cost of government permit in the business of the farm.
Summary
Poultry production has relatively short generation interval thus guaranteeing quick returns, the rich nutritional values of poultry gives them an edge over other livestock products, poultry farming requires small portion of land compared to other livestock farming.

DETERGENT PRODUCTION
I can make omo, soap, liquid soap, etc.
In 2-5 years I will have a big production company where I can be manufacturing all this and also have trainee by this poverty is eradicated.
FARMING SKILL
My father is a good farmer, and we all as his children acquired this skill of farming perfectly and can manage many farming business e.g poultry farming, piggery farming, cattle rearing etc.
If given the capital and all it takes I desire to have a big farm that will be bigger than my father’s farm in the next 5 years by Gods grace. I can also work in most of this farm because of the skill gathered so far.
BEAD MAKING SKILL
I can make beads like nickels, bags, earrings etc. In less than 5 years time I wish to have a big shop where I can make and sell these items and get huge amount of money. I can also work in bead making company.
BINDING BOOKS
I acquired this skill when I went for IT at Nnamdi Azikeiwe Library at binding section of the library and this has given me the ability to restore the condition of some of the information materials to its normal or original condition.
With this knowledge I can be binding project for student and binding other information materials in hard copy. In next 5 years I can establish a big binding company and employ many people in the company by this poverty is totally away from them.
COMPUTER OPERATOR
I acquired computer skill since 2007 after my Junior Secondary School Examination at Avia Computer Center Obollo-Afor. God have blessed me so much with this skill. I have worked in many Caber Café like Chidubem computer center obollo-afor, I was made the teacher and manger of Fabs Construction, Computer Center Obollo-afor and Obyno telecommunication company.
During this experiences I was outstanding among all the workers in these company, with this I believe so much that in the next 3-5years to come I will establish and develop my own caber cafe in a way that it will be the best in the whole of Enugu-State and beyond. It is my desire to employ people who will work under me because am going to break every wall of poverty in my generation through this. I will also establish a training center for people both young and old. I also seek to be employed in school, company, establishment etc any organization that has to do with computer operation.

CONCLUSION
These points discussed above and many more which because of time constraint I am not able to discuss them are the skills and talents I observed so far. I believe there are numerous ways in which these things can benefit me and the society and also help in reducing poverty and enriching the society. So I look forward for opportunities to utilize these skills.

NAME: ODO JACINTHA NGOZIKA
REG. NO.: 2017/244729
THE COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (ECO 361)
DEPARTMENT: LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

TALENT
Talent according to Encarta Dictionaries defines talent as unusual natural ability to do something well, especially in artistic areas that can be developed by training.

SKILL
Skill can be defined as the ability to do something well: the ability to do something well, usually gained through training or experience.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I DISCOVER AS MY GOD GIVEN TALENTS
WORD OF WISDOM (Advising)
The world is full of worries, stress, temptation and depression; people die every day because of heart failure and High Blood Pressure. In this situation they need someone to talk to them giving him/her hope of a better tomorrow and reasons why he should not give up.
How I can develop this to reduce poverty.
There are people whom God has used me in one way or the other to settle their problems; personal, martially etc, through my advice, chatting and other means. I believe strongly that if these people are in one good position or the other they can recommend me for the post of personal adviser, consultant in some field or even personal assistant. I can also get employed in any establishment because they have seen my sincerity during the cause of my conversation with them, or even recommend me in any establishment needing such services.
TEACHING
I delight in impacting lives either practically, socially, educational etc.
I strongly believe and it has been confirmed by many people that I am a talented teacher. I drive joy in teaching and explaining things to people as much as I know. I teach people most of the things I feel will be useful to them and because of this; I have taught in many schools, I was also made the Vice Principle of All Saints International College Obollo-Afor 2016 till 2018. As a result of my exceptional performance in the school, the school management pleaded with me many times to continue as a part time teacher in the school but because of the distance I was not able to continue with them.
I pray and look forward for an opportunity in any establishment or school where I can utilize this talent and develop my talent very well. In the next 3-5 years I might have finished my NYSC, married and maybe by God’s grace finished my master degree programme and qualified for any level of employment.
I also desire to establish my own school in the next 5 years, a standard school that will be the beast in Enugu State. I can also establish a standard lesson center. By this I will be in the position of employing people and not complaining around or looking for employment.
SKILLS

NAME: ANOZIE, Daniella Chimbusomma
REG NO: 2016/235288
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: Development Economics
DEPARTMENT: Economics
NAME OF LECTURER: Dr. Tony Orji
TOPIC: MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM (NEXT FIVE YEARS) AS WELL AS IN THE LONG TERM (NEXT TEN YEARS).
A skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. While talent is the natural ability to do something well.They could also be said to be an innate ability to carry out or perform a particular task with minimal difficulty.

For me, my talent is being able to learn how to do things easily. Growing up, I attended a primary school where we did a lot of arts and craft, and more often than not, my craft works were almost always one of the best in my class. I’ve discovered that I can get really creative with my hands just by watching a YouTube video, or reading a magazine, or even watching someone do something in front of me. After discovering this talent of mine, I’ve been able to develop some very useful skills based on that.

Of all the skills I’ve developed, my favorite is tailoring. Like I said, I learn a lot just buy watching a video or reading a magazine, and in the past few years I’ve been finding myself doing a lot on research on tailoring and designing. At first it was just a hobby. I just enjoyed watching how people could put together pieces of cloth to make up a fancy dress or outfit. Then I realized that this was something I could go into, and enjoy. So I started watching more videos and reading more magazines. After a while, I decided to get serious, so I told my parents to allow me develop this skill. After a few phone calls, I got a private tailor to help me perfect this skill of mine. And so far, it has been successful, as I develop this my skill everyday that passes.

Another skill I developed is cooking and baking. As a student, I spend a lot of time not on social media, but on this app called Pinterest. Well, it’s actually a kind of social media, but not like your typical WhatsApp and Instagram and Snapchat. It’s actually more useful. On Pinterest, I get a lot of ideas on how to do different things. Let’s take cooking and baking for example. I like watching videos on Pinterest on how to prepare different kinds of meals. And usually, after watching, I would try some of the recipes (at least the ones I could ‘afford’ out of my own pocket). For me, it was just a perfect way to keep myself busy.

With these few skills of mine, I’ve been able to think of few ways to create wealth for myself in the future as an entrepreneur. With the skills I’ve developed in tailoring, I’ve decided to start up a fashion line, my own trend. I’ve also decided to maybe open up a tailoring school where I could also teach others how to develop this skill. I’ve also decided that I could start a blogger for other people out there that have passion for cooking. People who looks being in the kitchen, like me. This way, I would be creating wealth for myself, and at the same time, helping other people create wealth for themselves.

ABOUT MY TALENT AND SKILL AND HOW TO DEVELOP THEM IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
BY
EJIOFOR, SYLVIA EZINNE
2016/238834
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(ECO 361)

MARCH, 2019

My SKILL
I am good at drawing and interior design. That is, I have developed drawing and interior design as skills. I certainly made my room looks pretty nice. These skills are needed as I pursue the talent of fashion designing. A strong drawing skill, for example, is a must in fashion, as designers need to be able to take a concept and get it down on paper.
I, developed these skills in the following ways:
I take classes to practice drawing ball gowns, dresses, pants or whichever garments I envision myself designing
Studying up on interior design
Mess around with computer programs for interior design
Cultivating an awesome interest
Fashion designers need not only the ability to draw but also a good eye for detail. For example, how does one envision the pleats falling on a skirt or a blouse cinching at the waist? It is often the detail that makes a product unique, so this skill cannot be overlooked, even if one is great at visualizing and drawing. Design requires a good sense of texture, color, and fabric. For example, one needed to know whether a garment would work best in silk chiffon or another material. One would also need to know which combinations of colors will be most flattering on a piece of clothing. It is these differences that make a design stand out.
By investing in these skills (drawing and interior design) and exploring it further, I can develop my skills into a talent in the next 5 years.

ABOUT MY TALENT
My talent is fashion and design. Fashion and design is the art of applying design, aesthetic and natural beauty to clothing and its accessories. It is influenced by cultural and social attitudes, and has varied over time and place. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories such as bracelets and necklaces. Because of the time required to bring a garment onto the market, designers must at times anticipate changes to consumer tastes
In the world of fashion, every new product or style begins with an idea. Fashion design is defined by the creators of new footwear, clothing and accessories. Fashion designing involves a set of skills that range from market research and creativity to sketching and fabric selection. The fashion designers guide the process from inception to production.
Designers conduct research on fashion trends and interpret them for their audience. Their

HOW TO DEVELOP MY TALENT IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS
By enrolling in a fashion institute or take classes at a two- or four-year college to brush up on the skills you have and develop the ones you need to be a fashion designer.
Setting of Limitations: In order to increase my creative thinking to aid the development of my talent in the next 5 years, I will set limits for myself, so I have to think outside the box to come up with solutions. I will set deadlines, budgets or any other type of limitation to increase my creative problem solving in the next 5 years. This will build my credibility as a creative problem solver as I come up with innovative solutions.
Changing Things Up: If I find myself falling into a rut and doing the same thing every single day, then I will likely struggle to come up with new ideas. I will, therefore, change things up in my routine and break out of my rut in the next 5 years.
Finding Good Mentors/Critics: Also, as a way of developing my talent on fashion and design in the next 5 years, I will find a good mentor or critic who can give me positive feedback and help me to keep moving forward. As my talent improves over time because of my dedication and my mentorship, people will hold me in greater respect, which would act as a further motivation to meeting up my fashion and design talent developing goals in the next 5 years.

Name: OKEKE AFAMEFUNA Reg.No: 2016/235283 Course: Development Economics Department: Economics

Discuss your talent and the skill you have developed and how you plan to develop it to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the next 5years.

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, a talent is a special ability that allows someone to do something well while Oxford Learners Dictionary defines talent as having natural ability to do something well. My talent is cooking. Yes, I said cooking. I enjoy it not only when am hungry or for the love of food, I do it because cooking piqued my interest at an early age when my responsibilities in the kitchen were geared at helping my mother as the first of two male children. I enjoy the creation of new flavours, dishes and feel at home in the kitchen. It is scarcely heard of in our society today that a male child or man takes an interest in the affairs of the Kitchen which he was shielded from at an earlier age.
I honed my culinary skills at the feet of my mother who is a stupendous cook and have since deputized for her numerously in the kitchen as she balances or juggles other responsibilities. Presently my field of education is far reaching from my talent. Practically, I have had spells in the kitchen under various stewards employed in restaurants and hotel and can claim to have picked up a few things in the kitchen. My talent is put to test everyday as I am able to feed not only myself with a variety of meals but others. Looking ahead, the immediate short term goal would be to go for more culinary courses during my holiday/ pass-time from school in a bid to further improve myself. I haven’t cooked in commercial or large quantities that often, so I would be trying to fine tune that aspect.
I see myself working part time while I further my education (M.Sc) in the next 3-5 years. Opening a restaurant is an objective of mine whether catering for it/ funding it. I have a passion for Economics hence a B.Sc. in Economics and so the owning of a restaurant will surely be a pass time or side investment . In the present day and time where we live in, the tertiary educated (degree holders) are marauding about looking for jobs that fit the mountain of qualifications they have acquired to no avail. The ability to utilize your talents and skills acquired is paramount to self-empowerment on a small scale and economic growth at large. Just imagine a reduction in poverty, increase in self-sufficiency, decrease in dependency and increase in the Human Development Index of Nigeria. Nigeria will and can be great again, if and only if you and I aren’t solely dependent on regimes or past & present administrations that have failed us times without number. And I am ready, hope you are too!!!

NAME: OKORO JOHN BOSCO
REGNO: 2017/249559
COURSE CODE: ECO361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR.TONY, ORJI

IDENTIFIED SKILL AND TALENT AND HOW IT COULD CREATE WEALTH ON THE SHORT AND LONG RUN.

CODING AND PROGRAMMING AS A SKILL.

Coding is basically the process of creating codes from one language to another one.  It can also be called as a subset of Programming since it actually implements the initial steps of Programming. It involves writing codes in different languages as instructed. The machine can’t interact with human communications and it only understands the machine code which is the binary language. So, the main work of a coder is to translate the requirements into machine understandable language. This is the initial step of developing a software product.
Programming is the process of developing an executable machine level program which can be implemented without any error. It is the process of formally writing codes so that the human inputs and corresponding machine outputs remain in sync. Creating code is the beginning steps and then programming is used to analyze and implement the same and produce the proper machine level output.

HOW THIS CAN CREATE WEALTH.

We are in a digitalized era where everything is leave the backyards of analogue for computers and the internet general. A coder/Programmer is not only employable in any organization but can self-sustain, employ himself and dish out the content he wants his clients for a price.

Coding empowers one to do many things you wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. These things include handcrafting your own websites, becoming a career coder or even starting a technology business. Most importantly, you’ll be able to understand the technology shaping your world.

TALENT DEVELOPED.

CRITICAL THINKING.

Critical thinking is the analysis of facts to form a judgment. It could also include the rational, skeptical, unbiased analysis, or evaluation of factual evidence. Everybody ordinarily can think but not everyone has the ability to critically think especially under pressure to solve complex facts and to arriving at a credible judgement.

HOW TALENT COULD BE USED TO CREATE WEALTH.

Any organization draws its life from certain assumptions about the way things should be done. Consider institutions in any society – Courts, governments, businesses, schools, e.t.c, before such institution can change, those assumptions need to be loosened up or reinvented.
Critical thinking also helps us uncover bias and prejudice. This is a first step toward communicating with people of other races and cultures, these can create a conducive atmosphere for businesses, to thrive and thereby creating wealth.

NAME: EGENUKA CHISOM FAVOUR
REG NO: 2016/234964
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT
HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN MEDIUM-TERM AND LONG-TERM.

ANSWER
A talent is an ability that someone is born with. It is the skill that someone has to do, something very well that people usually like and that is difficult.
My Talent and skill are:
Talent- Drawing
Skill- makeup
Drawing is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional medium.
Make-up is the use of cosmetics i.e substances or products used to enhance or alter the appearance of the face or fragrance and texture of the body.
HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY SKILL/TALENT TO CREATE WEALTH FOR MYSELF AND TAKE MYSELF OUT OF POVERTY.
I intend having my own brand of cosmetics (Phays’-Cosmetics) and also instruments used for drawing which I could sell manually and online to acquire wealth and also eradicate poverty in the economy.
I can also make use of my talent to acquire wealth by:
-Doing freelance work for people
-Sell my paintings online
-Start a blog/You-tube channel, where posts about painting is written and can sell it too
-Develop my personal online course for teaching people how to makeup and draw and also use that medium to sell my products to them
-I could also start a painting and makeup class in my home and supplement that with my online course.
Thanks.

NAME ; Ekwueme Rita Mmesomachukwu.
REG NO;2016/237453
DEP ; Economics
C/CODE; Eco361
C/TITLE; Development Economics
LEVEL; 300l
DATE; 01/03/2019

QUESTION; discuss your identified talent and the skill you have developed. And then how do you intend to develop your talent and skill to earn money create wealth for you and take u out of poverty.

TALENT; is a natural gift, ability or from God. It can also be said to be a set of skills possessed by an individual. Every Individual is blessed with a talent. My talent is writing and talking (communication) that involves speaking to people in order words it can be said as been a counselor I have d passion for counseling be it personal problem, financial problem, marital problem I love to talk to people encourage them, boost them especially those in depression and hard times. I also love writing since u cant counsel or talk to everybody why not put it down in writing .i believe that when I write people will read and there would be changes I hope to make money from my talent by opening a counseling blog, owning an institute for counseling and also writing books ,publishing and selling them.

SKILL ; hair making and production of locally /homemade drinks(soya milk, kunu and zobo) I learnt hair making in secondary school and the other from my mum I intend to follow it up greatly by going for a professional training in hair making and after that I will begin to practice that is by making her for people for events ,work, school whatever the case may be. The locally produced goods would produced for both relaxation and profit reason I would also like to produce in wholesale and distribute to other people to sell and bring back the profit to me. Although i Intend to use my skill in short run and talent in long run.

NAME: DENNIS ESTHER CHINYERE
REG NO: 2016/236155
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).
Definition of concept
What is talent- a talent (gift or aptitude) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is difficult. It is an ability that someone is born with.
As much as human being exist everybody has its own talent and this talent is what makes individual different from another. One person may have different or many talents for instance, all leaders have their own unique talents, which they will use in different ways to bring out the best in themselves and others. My talent It that thing an individual knows how to do best. There are lots of things I can do but few stands out and I do them without stress or much effort. Though discovering my talent took me while cause I didn't pay much attention to them. Here are things I do and how i want to develop them:
Multinational talks: I discovered this while working as an executive in teens ministry back in church. I talk to Young people and they listen and come back for advice, and it flows naturally. I plan on improving this by reading lots of multivational books and also getting inspiration from the Bible. The aim is to transform life's that will make the society a better place. I plan building up an organisation made up of teenagers, were they can share their views and have a voice in the society. I will merge the next two.
Catering services, Decoration and event planing: Well everyone loves parties and cakes, and good ones at that. I have developed my skills in this aspects and will be operating very soon. The aim is to make money I already have jobs I have done and this is one of the things I dodo without stress

NAME: Okorie Ifeanyichukwu John
REG NO:2016/234632
COURSE: Development economics 1 (ECO 361)
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UNN.

GETTING OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH TALLENT USSAGE AND SKILL ACQUISISION.
Poverty alleviation is very important this is because many African countries are in abject poverty for one reason or the other. One of the ways in which this can be done is through talent usage and by skill acquisition. Before proceeding, I would like to give a brief definition and of some basic terms. Poverty talent and skill.
Talent: this is defined the innate ability to do something well. Talent is God given. Talent is not skill. A skill is developed by practicing but talent is inborn.
Skill: skill as a concept can be defined as the ability to do something well. When something can be done well either as a result of experience etc. however, in as much as both talent and skill are similar their major difference is that talent has to do with innate ability while skill has to do with acquiring. skill is the capability to carry out a task efficiently and effectively with a given amount of time, energy or both.
Poverty: this can be defined as the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. Poverty is to exist when people lack the needs to satisfy their basic need.
However, my talent and skill include the following;
1) Composing of songs; an act of writing songs. With this as my talent I can add value to the entertainment industry of the nation there by adding to the nations GDP. However, I can also help in adding value to the society by writing songs of good moral standards. In as much as I’m in adding positively to the society, I will be taking me out of poverty.
2) Acting; as the name implies involves the process of performing in a play, film etc. This innate ability will add value to the entertainment industry there by taking me out of poverty and as well causing the GDP to increase.
3) Organizational skill; this has to do with me having a skill of proper planning, arrangements of any body, entity or whatsoever I find myself in.
4) Leadership skill; this is defined as the ability to lead.one with this skill can be able to lead any organization of any kind.
HOW TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILL SO I CAN BE ALLEVIATED OUT OF POVERTY IN THE NEXT YEARS TO COME.

One way of developing my talent and skill so I can get out of poverty is by undergoing through some proper and necessary training possible.

Name: Amamgbo concilia chinenye
Department: combined social science (Economics/political science)
Course title: Development economics
Course code:Eco361
Reg Number: 2016/237163

Assignment topic: Discuss your talent and the skills you have developed and how do you intend to develop your talent and skills to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the medium(5 years) and long term (10years and above)

I Amamgbo concilia chinenye is a wholesome regular girl full of life and activity. Am a talented Public Speaker, an Advicer and a Motivator with so much potential in the Field; I have a personality that the masses adore due to my funny and easy going nature. I amuse people via interacting with them and also good in acting. I will do well as a boardcasters or a reporter since my voice is soothing and filled with brashness. Am calculative and my intuition never fails me. Am bold, daring and works with a team spirit. I as well have a good leadership potential. I have developed teaching and cooking skills.
How I intend to develop my talents and skills is frequent listening to English materials such as listening to music, watching movies, listening to the radio, watching TV programs and accessing multimedia website. I will engage myself in variety of course activities, encouragement for more exposure to both listening and speaking activities in real world situations which appeared to be practical method of promoting speaking skill confidence. I will also join Policy Analysis and Research Group (PARG) of UNN which will enable me to appear more in public and by so doing I will be known by people and I will be meeting potential people that will give me employment

CHAH CHINECHEREM KOME
ECONOMICS DEPARETMENT
2016/234853
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT ECO 361

My talent and skills and how it can be developed in such a way that can be used to earn me money and elevate me from poverty both in the long run and the short run
 Ability to Take Initiative
I always apply my ambition to anything I want to do. Taking initiative, no matter anything im interested in, will yield more opportunities, pay, and success than you can imagine.
Different category of people especially lecturers academic advisor or even employers love to see their student, children or staff taking initiative, because then they don’t have to tell them what to do. It’s easier on the them and freeing for me because its my very best talent and it pays a lot and adds to my credit
Whenever I’m thinking about starting a side hustle, I always my take initiative to start and reach out to potential clients. I always take initiative by doing more than asked, and l have always receive business which pays very well and this have greatly lead me out of poverty as well as problems involving money
Instead of being stagnant and hoping to make more money, I always take initiative to learn some new skills and market them to earn more money. I have always found out that when I have invested in continuous development of myself, i will earn more money as well as live a happier and healthier life.

NAME: NWOBODO UGOCHUKWU SAMPSON
REG NO: 2016/235889
FACULTY: SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES (ECONOMICS/PSYCHOLOGY)
LECTURER: DR. T. ORJI
COURSE CODE ECO 361 (DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)
IDENTIFY YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS,HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU.

Definition of concept
What is talent- a talent (gift or aptitude) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is difficult. It is an ability that someone is born with.
As much as human being exist everybody has its own talent and this talent is what makes individual different from another. One person may have different or many talents for instance, all leaders have their own unique talents, which they will use in different ways to bring out the best in themselves and others.
I nwobodo ugochukwu a native of Awgbu in Orumba North Local Government, Anambra State. I discovered myself and talent at age of nine that is when I am still in primary school. At that time I love playing football and I find out that I can play very well more than my age mates. Then I don’t know that my father is watching me because he played football when he is still young, he was the person that called me and started giving me some training and instructions on how to play ball because it is my passion to do so I put in a lot of effort on that. Before I knew it our game master got interest in me have seen how I played whenever we have our school football training. I participated in all primary school football competition in Anambra state in 2005. At that time I was the captain of the team and the position I played that time is defence. I was the chief defence of my team (5) in that tournament as God may want it our school team did so well that they even represent our local government in the state level which we find win the second runner up in the tournament which I was opportune to have a hand shake with our state governor and commissioner of sports in my state. Haven started so well when I enter secondary school I played a lot of matches for my school which we won a lot of trophies at that time. After my secondary school when I was about taken my Jamb my game master advice me to Join a football academy which I later did but the challenges I have is that my mother don’t want me to play football.
She worked against that but because I have my father’s support I continued to embark on the training as usually then after two years I wrote Jamb and got admission into department of economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
As a person that have discovered my talent, I keep on moving with my dream. I have put some many plans or strategy to make my vision come through despite being in the school, I have to enroll myself in the UNN Dream Team for training and fitness, I have also gone for many football tiers in many Team like Anambra United, Enugu Rangers, Abia Warrior which I passed their criteria or the standard they want but my major constraint is that am still in school because I believed that knowledge is power. Recently I filled a form with Ifeanyi Uba football team which I was latter called up for a test which I passed then I was chose to play

NAME: EGBO EMMANUEL IKECHUKWU
REG NO: 2016/235265
DEPT: ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS (ECO361)
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
IDENTIFY YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS, HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU.
ANSWER
Wouldn't it be great to be gifted? In fact…
It turns out that choices lead to habits.
Habits become talents.
Talents are labeled gifts.
You're not born this way, you get this way."
– Seth Godin
My talent
"I come from a family where soccer has always been very present," "My uncles, my father and my brother were all players. Living with that kind of background, I learned a great deal from them. I tried to devote myself to it more and more with the passage of time."
In particular, I idolised the life's of ronaldinho. "He was one of the most important people for me and in my career, "He gave me some of the best advice I've ever had. Off the field: 'Do the right thing and be an honest, straight-up guy.' And on the field: 'Play soccer as simply as possible.' He always said one of the most complicated things you can do is to play it simple."

HOW FOOTBALL CAN HELP FETCH MONEY AND AT THE SAME TIME ALLEVIATE POVERTY.
once said, “sport has the power to change the world.” If that’s true, the four billion soccer fans around the globe today hold the greatest amount of power. Soccer enjoys a popularity level almost double that of the next most popular sport.

Inherent in that popularity is a responsibility to give back, to use that influence to impact some of those who hold the sport in the highest esteem — the world’s poor. In truth, soccer and poverty often exist together, but poverty is the unwanted relative that has overstayed its welcome.

NAME: Ugochukwu, Uchechi Blessing
REG NUMBER: 2016/232858
DEPARTMENT: Social Science Education
UNIT: Economics Education
COURSE: Development Economics
LECTURES: Dr Tony Orji
ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: What have you seen in your life as talent and skills you have developed. How do you intend to develop your talents and skills to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty.
If talent is not developed to its full potential, and equipped with the right techniques it cannot elevate one out of poverty or even create wealth in the future. For we all know that talents are the brain power of life accomplishments. For one talents to be fully utilized in other to create wealth for him/ her and take one out of poverty, you have to study it and figure out the appropriate techniques to develop it effectively.
Then, when I was tender I was fond of teaching little children, in primary school, during the vacation especially long vacation, whenever I am done with my house chores, I bring them together and teach them the little I know by telling stories and riddles
HOW DO I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILLS
The most important way i can develop my talent and skills is through motivations because it is the essential ingredients to having good teaching skills. I will always learn from those higher than me because if I am motivated, I will be curious to learn.
Another crucial way to develop my talent and skills is through mentoring. It will be easier for me to get concrete examples of what I want to be. Mentor can also be my role model. These people will teach me what to do, and what not to do so that I don't have to find them the hard way.
HOW DO I DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR ME AND TO TAKE ME OUT OF POVERTY
The most crucial way for me to create wealth and to take myself out of poverty is by identifying opportunities in the world. I have to put into consideration the profitable areas that will continue to grow over the next decade.
To create meaningful wealth, I will connect teaching to the available opportunity. With the current economic situation of the country, the truth of the matter is that nobody cares about certificate. The World pays people who offer valid services that solves their problem and fulfill their needs.

University of Nigeria Nsukka
Department of Combined Social Science
(Economics And Sociology)

An assignment submitted in patial fulfillment for the requirement of the course
Depvelopment Economics (Eco 361)

Assignment
Getting out of poverty through talent usage and skill acquisition

Name: Onwuatu Chidera Stanley
Reg No: 2016/234595
Dept: Combined Social Science(ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY)
Course : Development Economics Eco361

Lecturer : DR TONY ORJI

April, 2019

My talent is doing business , over the years I have always loved to buy and sell things or connect to people who wants to.

How I want to escape poverty in the next 5yrs
That's exactly the reason why I am doing economics as a course in the university to broaden my knowledge in the world of business in many aspects apart from just buying and selling. So that when I graduate, I will be able to use the knowledge I have to start up a businessq/company and work on my own since I have gathered the necessary knowledge to do so. I'd like to have a business and have a company of my own than working for someone else

A skill I have learned over the years is based mostly on computer e.g internet services, graphic designs and spread sheet
Alongside my talent on business I have also been able to develop these skills to help me raise money mostly in school for my upkeep. For example people usually need someone good in graphics to help them with posters and some other designs . Also allot of people in school , especially the freshers don't know how to use the internet to register their courses, print school fees receipt , update their students profile and hostel allocation (which is the most important ). So since I am already good in these services , I have always used it to keep myself going and making some income , the more I do these things , the more I become good in them.

NAME: Charles Nneka lucky
REG.NO: 2016/234858
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
QUESTION:
Discuss your talents and the skills you have developed, and how do you intend to develop your talents and skills to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the medium term (5 to 10 years).

INTRODUCTION
Every person possesses certain skills and talent that makes us different from others. We often use the term talent and skill interchangeably, without knowing the fact that these are different from one another. Talent is an in born ability or natural aptitude of a person which is often hidden and needs recognition. It means, being good in a certain activity, without actually learning or acquiring it. Unlike skills, which is learnt ability, and it can be developed in some one if he or she puts its time and effort in it.
MY TALENT
My talent is cooking. Funny as it may sound but it’s what I love doing. I was quite young when I discovered how to cook, it is something I inherited from my grandmother, nobody taught me how to cook. I sometimes just want to try new recipe, make something different and it turns out good. I intend to open a café immediately after school till I get something doing, then I can hire a manager that will be managing my café while I work.
MY SKILLS
My skills is tailoring. I have always dreamt of having a big fashion house. Currently am learning how to sow though am not consistent because of school work but any little break i get, I spend it learning how to sow.
HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND MY SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR MYSELF AND TAKE MY SELF OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM.

 I love cooking and I have passion for tailoring. Here in school, I sell moi-moi, though not always since this semester because of school stress, I have limited it to only weekends. From the proceeds of the sales, I buy textbooks and take care of myself the little way I can.
 I intend to have my own café (Nicky’s cafe), where I will be selling delicacies ranging from breakfast,brunch,lunch and dinner, I will a employ people who will be helping in the business.

 I intend to also purse my tailoring career, I intend to have a fashion house. Even though am learning how to sow female wears, I will employ people that will help in sowing of male wears. By so doing am not just creating wealth for myself but also helping others develop their talent and also creating wealth for themselves.

 As soon as am able to carry out my dreams, unemployment and poverty will become history.

 Though it looks like a small dream but I want to be an employer of labour, so I will try my possible best to be focused in my studies, skill and above all God, because without him am nothing in this life.

Name: Omele Chiagozie Juliet
Reg No: 2015/200005
Department: Economics
Topic: How your Talent and skills will help you out of poverty, your short term and long term plans on how to deliver yourself from poverty using them.
TALENT:
Growing up as a child, I had a very curious mind, I wanted to understand everything and anything, life, nature, love, God, etc. unconsciously I developed love for writing, I create beautiful stories, fictions, without much stress, I sit down and tell my stories and it flows with such a bond, that I believed is a talent because I didn’t have to acquire those story telling abilities, thus, I’m a fiction writer, a story teller, I write romance currently but I believing God for the ability to go into Christian literature, that is my long term plan. Though none of my stories has been published and just very few have been submitted as entries, with many unfinished works and few finished which is accessible but not public. I have a highly creative mind and imagination so I would say that also helped my writing. i hope to sell my stories in the nearest future.
Teenagehood came with a bag full of experience, so I gathered my experience as a teenager and decided to use it to help teenagers out, currently I’m a volunteer in a public secondary school, I share my experiences with them and impact the knowledge of God in them, giving hope to them and encouragement that will help them out through the tussles of juvenile, I love what I do because it helps me share my experience and it keeps hope alive in this youth which is my greatest joy, so I’m indirectly an inspirational speaker and writer with reality. My long term plan for this is having a foundation for youths and teenagers, where I will offer emotional, financial and spiritual assistance to these target group, most times much money isn’t made through this but then impacting positively in people has no monetary measurement, nevertheless, I hope to gain support from NGOs, and international organizations, this will go a long way.
SKILL:
Skills are acquired most times, unlike talents which are more like gifts. Skill wise, I’m a baker, I specialize majorly on cakes and mild snacks, and I’m a confident baker, my cakes are second to none, with such an outstanding quality, I always tell my customers ‘I bake something I can comfortably eat, whether it’s for me or for someone else’ I developed this skill on my own, I never went for baking lessons but curiosity and experience lead me into it, my short term goals for this is birthing more beautiful cakes for people and my long term I hope to diversify into finger foods and small shops create a broader stream of income as I deliver a full package of appetizers at events and occasions, trust me no one resists finger foods.
It’s still about creativity, the skill I hope to acquire later in life is footwear making and dress making, I hope in not too long a time, I will be a fashion designer, because I want to channel my love for shoes and clothes positively to making them myself instead of spending more on it and also letting people share in my taste by making beautiful designs for them.
Long term I hope to establish a foundation for youths and teenagers, where they can come and learn skills such as baking, tailoring, decorations etc. and also learn about God, by that way I’m doing what I love at the same time blessing people. I also would render counselling services which would be open to everyone. I also would love to go into production of household materials, with the connection I must have made and people I must have met and influence I would have had on lives, I believe I will be touching the business world very well and impacting in it, thus delivering myself and my generations from poverty through the legacy I must have made.

NAME: OKIDE, WISDOM CHIBUIKEM
REG NO: 2016/232554
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI

ASSIGNMENT
MY TALENT AND SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO DEVELOP IT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).
The Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines talent as a special often athletic, creative or artistic aptitude. Skill is a learnt ability. It is acquired or developed after you put in a lot of time and hard work. Talents are peculiar to individuals and when properly harnessed makes for skills. Human beings are naturally endowed with skills and talents that can contribute to individual and natural growth and development.
During my early days, I had always fell in love with computer designing. I remember using the computer to design birthday cards, Christmas cards and even logos of business companies. Gaining admission into the university got me introduced to the world of building design using building design apps like auto cad, archi cad, solid works and so many more. It was easy to acquaint myself with these apps because I already had gained a basic knowledge of these things.
Speaking about my short term plans for creating wealth. I intend to take a six months crash course in building design as I hope to become an expert In building design. I do also intend to market my skills to the public getting money for every work done. I am hoping in the long run to form a partnership with my colleagues involved in building design. We hope to go further in not just building designs but also in architectural designs like bridges, flyovers, airports etc.
In conclusion ,it is my hope and belief that God willing these skills will help me achieve my short and long term goals as I strive to develop it to the fullest.

CHAH CHINECHEREM KOME
ECONOMICS DEPARETMENT
2016/234853
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT

My talent and skills and how it can be developed in such a way that can be used to earn me money and elevate me from poverty both in the long run and the short run
 Ability to Take Initiative
I always apply my ambition to anything I want to do. Taking initiative, no matter anything im interested in, will yield more opportunities, pay, and success than you can imagine.
Different category of people especially lecturers academic advisor or even employers love to see their student, children or staff taking initiative, because then they don’t have to tell them what to do. It’s easier on the them and freeing for me because its my very best talent and it pays a lot and adds to my credit
Whenever I’m thinking about starting a side hustle, I always my take initiative to start and reach out to potential clients. I always take initiative by doing more than asked, and l have always receive business which pays very well and this have greatly lead me out of poverty as well as problems involving money
Instead of being stagnant and hoping to make more money, I always take initiative to learn some new skills and market them to earn more money. I have always found out that when I have invested in continuous development of myself, i will earn more money as well as live a happier and healthier life.

Name: Nwosu Mmesoma Kaosisochukwu
Reg. no: 2016/231505
Department: Economics

Discuss your identified talents and skills you have developed, how do you intend your talent and skill to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the medium term and in the long run.

My identified talents are creative ability, organization, studying/fast learning.
Being able to create new things, styles and ideas. The ability to organize objects or people.
Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. creativity is the process of bringing something new into being it requires passion and commitment. Creativity is associated to innovation.
The skills I have developed/acquired are :-
Craft work (bead making, caftans)
Sewing
Hair dressing

How I intend to use my talents and skills to create wealth for me in the medium term and in the long term.
With the above acquired skills, I intend to make wealth through them by venturing into business, establish a fashion design boutique, but with the limited capital, I would start with sewing/making dresses for people, make hairs, make-up for people on occasions( bridal, for photo shoots, events.etc) for which I get paid for. Bead making has been what I have learnt growing up because I lived with a person who specializes in it and I assist him with the little I could do from there I learnt how to make beads, so I can make beads and sell to people.
The goal is to have a fashion boutique where to sell clothes:- sew new design of dresses which will include coporate wears, causal dresses, ankara and others, A sector where accessories will be sold like beads necklaces, another sector for making hair and sale of different kinds of hairs, weavons, wigs., another for make-up and cosmetics and also for sale of foot wares and bags. I intend to establish this in different parts of the country and also to create an online site where people will be able to other for our goods and it will be delivered to them. With my talent and the skills I have acquired, I will be able to consistently create new designs and styles of cloth which will in one way or the other be unique from the already trending styles. And also be able to organize the business in a way that it will grow faster.
With these I would create myself and won’t have to be idle waiting till when I get employed after school. This would take me out of poverty and also have to employ more people whom I would place in those various departments..

Name: Ugwuona, Victor Ogonna
Department: Economics
Reg no: 2016/235287
Course: Eco 361, Development economics.
TALENTS

In the journey of life towards perfection and sustainable livelihood, people have got naturally endowed gifts or if you like TALENTS that will trigger for or skyrocket one to his or her abode of sustainable livelihood.
What then is Talent
Talent can be seen as a marked natural ability or skill. It can further be said that talent is a desire or inclination for something. Having established this, mine is not a different case because I have got naturally endowed gifts which below are:
TEACHING;
Over the years, I have been teaching in different lesson centres and preparing for UTME exams especially those in my area of discipline. So it is in me to impact the little knowledge that I have to people where and when necessary. Since I have this natural inclination to impact knowledge to people, I have started at different academic institutions to keep the fire burning. Tomorrow, if I become a lecturer, I will not be surprised and continue with teaching. If I eventually become a lecturer, it has become a step forward out of poverty because I have seen people make their living through teaching. Mine will not be a different case.
LEADERSHIP
One of the qualities of a good leader is the ability to serve others. This is what I have developed over the years by being a servant anywhere I am . Once I give out injunctions, people around me tends to follow what I have said without forcing anybody to do anything. Why? This is because I have been doing what I want others to do so without being cajoled or coerced. Since in a democratic settings, people tend to be happy when servant leaders are in powers as opposed to autocratic ar tyrannical leadership. This my leadership skill that I have that I have started developing, it will go a long way to skyrocket my exposure to new people across the globe and therefore explore opportunities that will definitely expel me from poverty domain.

UCHENDU HANNAH AMARACHI
2016/236149
ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMETRICS / ECO 361
01/04/2019
ASSIGNMENT

Discuss your identified talent, the still you have developed. How do i intend to develop my talents and my skills in the next five years to escape poverty

DEFINITION OF TALENT AND SKILL:
A talent or gift is the desire or inclination that someone has, to do something very well. It is an ability that someone is born with. On the other hand, skills are usually cultivated, acquired or learned and it makes a person to be practised expert or dextrous. Skill makes you have practical knowledge of something
Some of my skills and talents:

Talents:
Designing
Good cook
Singing
Counciling

Skills:
Creativity
Adaptation
Teaching/Training
Baking (pea-nut making, Cake etc)
Problem solving

Presently I am a chorister. I noticed I can sing very well that, if it happens I am the only one around in my part, while choir ministers it will be had to notice any discrepancy in soprano part. I have gone to many places for choir competition which I happened to be one of the soloist and we always carry the ist position. Any day I supposed to sing and didn't sing(like Church, anywhere) even when I am in my house, along the road, even when I am sick, I find out I will not have peace. I can just sing or council a sick person or someone who is weak may be because of challenge or condition, the person will become strong. I am gifted in counciling, singing and also l can cook very well. I thank God for that.
Under skills, I learned pea-nut making, cake but the one I am on is pea-nut because of my studies. I can make and design cake very well but don't do it all the time because of time. I carried on with pea-nut making because it is not something that spoils in months. I can just sacrifice a day (usually sarturdays) to prepair the one that can last for months and it doesn't disturb me. Adaptability and innovation helped me deviced an alternative way of making my pea-nut better and different.

NAME: OKONKWO, GOD’SGIFT ONYINYE
REG NUMBER: 2016/231434
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS

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Computer Geek – I spent about a year and half in a computer training school and came out in flying colors. This skill has been a feather to my red cap. I’m grateful to God for every second I spent practicing computer. Honestly, the benefits greatly outweigh the cost. Whenever I’m called upon, I do help my daddy compute and process his balance sheet and do some other stuff in the computer. The way his chest puffs with pride whenever I sit in front of the PC and do the magic is pure bliss to me.

Managerial Skill – This skill is a major work in progress for me and it explains why I’m in the Department of Economics. Someday in the future, I would own and run a company (I haven’t decided what type of company yet), I believe this skill will go a long way to help me that area. All the knowledge and lessons I have so far learnt will equip me to be a better manager when the opportunity comes my way.

Research Skill – From time immemorial, I have always been one with questions upon questions loitering in my head. I have also been one to find out the depth of the matter about certain topics relating the society that bothers me. I search extensively for the truth because I believe the truth is out there, I merely have to search for it. This is another work in progress and one of the reasons I decided to major in Economics.

How I Intend To Create Wealth With The Combination Of The Skills And Talents.
To solve poverty in my life;
Somewhere at the back of mind, I know that no matter what, I shall one day become a successful published author. It will take time, consume my energy, cost me my night’s rest, but in the end, it shall end in praise. And when this happens, I shall of course earn a fortune. When the time comes, my character will be brought to life. Maybe NETFLIX or Warner Bros or 20th Century Fox or Universal Pictures will hustle to make a movie deal with me.

Wealth cannot only measured in monetary terms. I opine that the worse form of poverty is a poor thinking faculty. Some money-wise wealthy people still wallow in the depth of penury. When one is poor in the mind, they are done for. Therefore, as long as I have diligently gained education and reformed my mind, I could make money while engaging in the smallest of things, be it advising a small firm on how to make produce goods at the least cost method, carrying a research on how one or two things are the way there are, running a simple regression test on Eviews for a company, etc.

To solve poverty in our nation:
If I could, I would have earnestly wished to create enough wealth and distribute to every sick-homeless-poverty-stricken fellow I find roaming around the streets. See that no one is cheated or left out of the allocation. Put a genuine smile on every one’s face. Since the task is enormously difficult and largely impossible to achieve alone, the only way I can give back efficiently is by becoming the best version of myself. By becoming a brand through excellence in my field of endeavor. By becoming a solution to a problem and not a part of the problem to be solved. The only way I can contribute my quota in alleviating poverty in our nation is to give back all I have learnt through service.

Thanks!

NAME: IGWEBUIKLE CHIBUZOR PRINCE
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES
REG NO: 2016/234781 (300L.)
Lecturer: DR. TONY ORJI
COURSE CODE: ECO 361 (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)

How do you Intend to Develop then to Create Wealth for you and take you out of Poverty in the Medium and Long Term
My skill in life is in management of poverty farming and I have acquired a lot of training in that field for about eight years in various farms ranging from choice and various poultry farms in the Oyo State. Poultry in Nigeria is probably one of the most lucrative farming businesses you can do in Nigeria especially when it is setup and managed properly. The farmers, we currently have not producing enough poultry and will to be enough even in one next ten years. Poultry farm is raising of domesticated birds such as chickens, turkey, dove and geese, for the purpose of farming meat or egg for food. Poultry farms are farm where birds (of difference nature) are raised either for personal consumption or for commercial purpose. Which I specialized in raising of chickens for egg and meat production. I intend developing the poultry, farming by getting these factors listed below.
SUITABLE LAND: Generally, a plot of land of 120 by 60 square meters is suitable for setting up a medium sized poultry farm in Nigeria. We are been advised to buy land for farm in town or big cities. Select a fresh environment and pollution free area.
SYSTEM OF FARMING: Depend on the weather and climate of one part of Nigeria, there are three profitable system of raising poultry.
– Extensive system
– Semi-intensive system and
– Intensive poultry farming system
THE POULTRY BREEDS: It is another critical area we need to be carefully look at, because of breed, modern poultry breed are highly productive and commercial raising is also very profitable, modern layers produce more eggs, than tradition breed and broiler grow faster than ever.
HOUSING: good housing is very important for commercial poultry farming in Nigeria, housing system depend on the poultry breeds and farming method. Housing design varies in accordance with various types of poultry raising method.
FEEDING: good and high quality food keeps the birds, heal only and highly productive. Good quality fresh and nutritious food is the key to success in poultry farming business. Always, provides adequate amount of food according to the number and age of poultry birds. Along with feeding good foods, always supply sufficient amount of clean and fresh eater according to the daily demand.
Care and management
Poultry bird are very serious and may caught by disease easily, generally they suffer by various types of viral bacterial fungal, nutritional and parasitic disease free. Healthy and production must for keeping bird timely, if somehow, disease occurs in the farm over meet a vet doctor, as soon as possible and listen to his advice.
Advantages of my skill (poultry farming) in Nigeria
– Poultry farming in Nigeria is a lucrative business opportunity for individual and entrepreneurs. Commercial poultry farming creates great employment opportunities for our job seeking people.
– Poultry farming is such a great business that can never dry up. Because it provides us eggs and meat that is great source of notorious food.
– In the poultry farming, you think about the marketing process because there is already a suitable market for poultry produce from the ancient time.
– It is also a source of income and source of employment when put in a commercial purpose.
In addition, poultry farming is profitable through many intervention of the government like single digits loan to farmers throughout bank of agriculture and other commercial bank and bank on the importation of frozen chicken, so also poultry consumption are locally sourced. In conclusion, poultry for Ming a lucrative that properly manages, it’s creative wealth for the investors through income made by business and in long term create many job opportunities and revenue to the country through tax.

NAME: COLLINS DESIRE OBINNA
REG NO: 2016/233645
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

A Talent is said to be an innate ability to carry out or perform a particular task with minimal difficulty. Talents are very important in ours because some people can improve theirs to create wealth to themselves and use it to pursue away poverty. According to the business dictionary, talent is a natural ability to excel at a duty or actions. A group of people, such as employees, who have a particular aptitude tasks. For example, producers of a movie might recruit local talent, actors and actors who live nearby, to stand in as extra in a film. We have some examples of talents such as public speaking, writing, singing , dancing, drawing, cooking, sporting, acting, praying, self-management, networking, and so many of them. Talking about skill, skill is the capacity to do something well, techniques or ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as to oppose to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.

Now, speaking about my short term plans for creating wealth, I would say for the next five years, that I would want to go further in developing myself, getting to learn more things, that I don’t already know, delving into the world of programming such as python, java, C++ and so on, then after that rendering my Talent/Skill set to those who are in need of them for a considerable amount of payment thereby adding my own quota, to the development of the Nigerian economy.
Now, speaking about my long term plans for creating wealth, I would say for the next ten years, that I see myself starting up my own company (A computing firm to be precise) were our goal would be to provide various organizations with the necessary tools needed for them to stand out and compete favorably in the media such as creating and designing their websites, promoting their organizations on social media, advertizing of their products, providing data from the e-public for financial analysis and so forth. Hence, creating wealth and adding my very own quota to the development of the Nigerian Economy as we know it.
In Conclusion, using my talent/skill to create wealth and develop the Nigerian Economy in the short term (five years) as well as in the long term (ten years).

NAME: IYIDA CHIDUBEM DANIEL
REG NO: 2016/232440
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

A Talent is said to be an innate ability to carry out or perform a particular task with minimal difficulty. Talents are very important in ours because some people can improve theirs to create wealth to themselves and use it to pursue away poverty. According to the business dictionary, talent is a natural ability to excel at a duty or actions. A group of people, such as employees, who have a particular aptitude tasks. For example, producers of a movie might recruit local talent, actors and actors who live nearby, to stand in as extra in a film. We have some examples of talents such as public speaking, writing, singing , dancing, drawing, cooking, sporting, acting, praying, self-management, networking, and so many of them. Talking about skill, skill is the capacity to do something well, techniques or ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as to oppose to abilities, which are often thought of as innate.
Brief introduction on how I acquired the above listed skills.
Firstly, the laundry skill came about from the collective effort of my brother and I during our secondary school. I learnt everything about laundry from my brother while in secondary school including how to sort cloths into colorfast and non-colorfast, to washing, drying, ironing down to neatly folding. Painting and brick laying are the skills are learnt from my father who is a builder. I do follow him to his construction site then while I learnt how to do this two handwork and at the same time been paid for running errands at the site. Basically this are the three informal skills I got from my family while growing up and its patient to say that I do paint my fellow student’s rooms in the school on a little charge. Writing is a talent I have discovered in myself. Though this is still at the infancy stage because I haven’t paid so much attention to it. I intend enrolling for a writing workshop (the Farafina trust conducted every summer by Chimamand Nogzi Adchie) so that I can fully tap into this potential in the nearest future. It is important to note that am going into writing not necessarily as a sources of livelihood but because it’s a passion that came from reading.

HOW CAN THIS IDENTIFIED SKILLS AND TALENT CREATE WEALTH FOR ME IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. For me to explore this skills and talent, I have to work hard in perfecting on them so that I can go beyond the boundaries of my locality. In essence, I have to undergo some level of formal training particularly on the painting and brick laying to have a firm grip of want to skill requires so that I can be a guru on it and also acquire the basic tools required so that i can be an employer of labor in the nearest future. For the laundry service, all I need to do is to site a good business location and employ someone that will manage it for me (a good business location is the heartbeat of every successful business). I wanting to write not because I want to earn a living from it but because it’s something I enjoy doing and I always feel I can excel in it. So with this approach, I believe I five years to come I will utilize my skill and talent to create job for me and at the same time employ workers.

NWOFOR CHUKWUMA CHRISTIAN
2016/231429
ECO 361 ASSIGNMENT
Email@ Chrisnwoforjnr@gmail.com

Answer:
My talents are Teaching, Singing and dancing

The skills I have developed are;
a) Mastery of MS office Applications
b) Photography Expertise
c) Use of Corel Draw
d) Fast / Skilled Typing

HOW CAN THE ABOVE GENERATE WEALTH FOR ME
IN THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM?
From what I have said above, one of my talents is teaching, coupling that with my good understanding of Microsoft office applications like Microsoft word, Microsoft excel, etc. in the medium term I could generate income for myself by offering lessons on ms office applications and corel draw.
In addition to this I could offer to teach subjects/ courses in ehich I have a very good level of understanding e.g. MTH111, MTH 121, ECO131 and in return demand and affordable price for my services. Since I am also skilled in photography I could also take pictures of individuals at ceremonies like matriculation, convocation, birthday parties etc.
In the long run, after obtaining my first degree, I could go further and obtain a second degree in education and subsequently set up a school where students are taught how to use how to use the computer and it’s applications and a given fee, in the process generating wealth for myself.
In conclusion all the above can only be achieved through determination, hard work and God’s grace.

Ndibe Chinenye Jovita
Reg. No: 2016/235878
Combined Social Sciences (Economics/Psychology)
HOW I INTEND TO USE MY TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH AND ERADICATE POVERTY
Talent is an inborn ability or aptitude of a person. It is inborn, we grow up without actually learning or acquiring it. Skills is learnt ability and can be developed if someone puts more effort to acquire it.
I discovered my talent when I got employed in a paint manufacturing company after my SSCE. I got to notice that I was very good with colours and can differentiate them more than most of my colleagues. My passion for colours and creating design led me to painting, mainly building painting decorations. I started with my home, and next a friend who introduced me to another friend. Also with the help of the company I worked for, I was able to get more painting works and consultants from people who needed home decors. My love for colours has gained me more and more inspiration on how to mix and create perfect wall designs, and it has fetched me lots of money both in school and outside the school environment.
HOW I INTEND TO USE MY TALENT TO CREATE WEALTH AND ERADICATE POVERTY
Since I have developed my talent, I set out steps that will help me to utilize my talent to create wealth. This is divided into basically two phases with their various characteristics or steps.
PHASE ONE
• Acquisition of necessary equipment and tools
I believe that for me to fully regard myself as a painter or a decorator, I have to possess the basic tools that are used in painting. This is why I feel that the first step I will take in my path to creating wealth through my talent is to avail myself of these tools. Also, acquisition of these tools is going to help me in doing any type of work that I wish to embark on.
• Publicity to advertisement on various social media
Next on the list is making people aware of what I do. This is where social media now comes in. I intend to make use of social media like Instagram, facebook, whatsapp, and twitter. This all starts with creating an account with these social media platforms and making advertisements on them, and also making it very easy for people to reach you. The advertisements also include works that I have already done before, as well as the ones that I feel I can do.
• Provision of means of transportation
This entails creating means that will enable me to transport myself to the various locations that am being needed at. This could mean purchasing a means of transportation itself or by setting out special fund for it.

PHASE TWO
These first three steps will attract customers to me and as the number of customers increase, there is the need for me to also expand leading to the following procedures.
• Employing of workers
Now due to the increased demand for my services, there is the increased possibility that I will need to employ other people to work under me. Having people working under me will make it possible to cover more ground, as well as marketing the brand.
• Physical Location
By physical location, I mean having an office or a place where people will take as my address. This arose from the need that for me employ workers, I have to provide a place for them to work in.

PHASE THREE
Basically this phase three has to do with expansion of the brand and proper commercialization. This entails processes that will greatly minimize cost and maximize profit. The steps here include;
• Creation of backward linkages
In order to greatly maximize profit and minimize cost, I will engage in production of my own brand of paints from which I will now be serving my customers. This, in as much as being a new investment outlet, will also help me in absorbing the profits that will arise from not purchasing paints from other sources.
In conclusion, I believe that the numerous phases and steps that I have set out will help me in maximizing my talent, using it create wealth and eradicate poverty, and also in making my life more fulfilled due to the numerous employment it will create for people.

NAME: AKPAGBULA IJEOMA HAPPINESS
REG NO: 2016/237835
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

TALENT
Talent is God given. Talent is not skill. A skill is developed by practicing but talent is inborn. The question is how do we identify our various talents and what do we achieve with these talents when we discover them? Mind you, every human is born with a talent but not every human discover their talents before they die!
I’m a beautiful bold black girl, one who is blessed to have discovered her talent. Please join me as I unfold my talents and how I intend to make good use of it and create wealth while leaving a positive impact as well.
A skill is the capability to carry out a task efficiently and effectively with a given amount of time, energy or both while, talents are natural abilities that becomes a skill when properly developed and harnessed. Skills acquisition are needed for individual and national development. Borrowing from Walter Rodney (1972:1) definition of development as "increased skill and capacity, greater freedom, creativity, self-discipline, responsibility and material well-being", it is necessary to distinguish between hard and soft skills. Both skill sets are complementary and relevant to the overall development of an individual. Hard skills are specific knowledge and abilities that are learned through education or training. Examples include ICT skills, artisanship etc. Soft skills on the other hand are people skills that derives from personality traits and they are usually not quantifiable unlike hard skills. Examples include communication skills, emotional quotient etc. Right from my little age, I have always had passion for teaching. Even when I was under the age of 6-8, I would gather all the children in the compound even those older than my age and teach them what I learnt in school. Even in my teen age, I was called and tagged “Teacher” Another skill I have is marketing; I can market any good as far as it is what people can buy. I have worked with Daraju Company i.e makers of Mymy products. I have also worked with kamisafe i.e members of rechargeable lights and fan. I have also marketed for happy beddings so, together with my knowledge about economics; marketing has never been a problem to me.
After my studies, I will apply for the post of a teacher in a standard school while trying to save up some money that will be enough for me to hire a place or buy a land where I can start up my school business and within the space of five years my school will made known through the quality education that will be given to students. Aside creating wealth for myself, I will employ qualified teachers in my school and through this they will be able to earn a living and poverty will be alleviated.

NAME: OHAJU MABEL CHINEDU
REG NO: 2016/240414
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

Salvaging or eradication of poverty in the world is not the problem of the poor people alone but the (page1)
Problem of individual in the economy or society. We cannot eradicate poverty but poverty can be parented to somvextent so that the number of people being poor can be reduced and such can describe or as ribosome nations to be developed. Countries e.g. of nation that need o improve the statidard of living of its people or in members is Nigeria. The number of poor individual are at a very high rate and thing has to be done in order to control it in order not to allow it excavate deep into our system.
I conclusion, I will say through this means that I have listed above should be followed systematically, I can say that have created a bright future for myself and my generation after me. One discovering his/her talent is very vital in one’s life for it will make one to be focused and news to loss sight where you are going be an exclusion in the consumption of such Amenities as all are equal. To eradicate poverty, the gap between poor and rich should be closed in order to bring development in the society. No body should be termed poor Since I have developed this talent, I intend using it to bless the lives of many who loves goods songs especially, gospel songs. So, I will use this my talent to help my society and myself in the following ways.
Secondary
My skill is computer literacy, I intend to open up a computers centers where I will train young people on computer literacy after graduation. I intend doing this by first of all, applying for a loan in the bank or private individuals because one cannot start up any business now without capital. There are some part of this and nation let me say Enugu state where people are not aware of this technology inventing, they still live in abject poverty and cannot meet up the basic requirement of acquiring these knowledge. I will go to such area or locality, rebalance the price for registration and teach them thus skills in which after the training, I will retain the most brilliant candidate there and they will help me train up others who will later be dependent for themselves for the enrich I support the poor people in my case I need to improve more in my businesses more creative and well advanced in technology trend in the society. Creativity means making something different from what have existed. For one to creative it requires more efforts on my parts blue the economy is big and some producers tends to enter into the market since it is perfectly computer market. Advancement in technology shows how I can be able to know when new products have entered and also being able to take such advantage. Through the process of advancement in technology one can intimidate or form your customers of the new products, and lead to an increase in your cash flow. Another means is my paying my tax to the government to that they can use it to provide social goods to the society and to the poor ones.

NAME: OHAJURU CHIZARAM GLADYS
REG NO: 2016/235279
DEPT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES
COURSE OPTIONS: ECONOMICS/POLITICAL SCIENCE
Talent as we all know is a natural ability or skill that a person have.. As a child, I believed that I could do all, especially having grown up in family were your elder siblings are like having super human potential..
You grow wanting to be or behave like them. But as I got older, I understood the difference between Knowing your Strength and copying a Strength.
I would say from that moment I realized that my strength (Talent) wasn’t something physical or that needs you to work with your hands but my Talent was in my love for books and Writing, I derive great pleasure reading, Writing and telling these stories that I have read with my own twist Making me a favorite storyteller amongst my peers.
As I grew older, I had interest in other things and with exposure and communication with the digital ecosystem, I knew I just had to give it a go. I cultivated and developed in communication, Marketing, strategizing and Digital skills and also got certified by Google.
Right now, I merged my Talent of learning, reading and creative thinking with the skills I have learnt so far and improving on them by still going for conferences on digital marketing and Online content writing.
With all I have been able to learn, I can develop my skills more through learning and Working with Digital partners as a social media expert, with expertise on how to improve online engagements and manage social Media analytics and insights for my clients.
It is no longer a new thing that Digitalization is the new buzz in the business sector, most business have carried their products to online customers and this is were I come in with my knowledge and skills in Online marketing and effective business communication, I will be able to create a niche for myself in the Digital industry. In the long run, I have already perfected my Writing skills and have jobs writing articles for blogs or for magazines, I have used my skill to create more employment opportunities for youths and also invest and make money as an online influencer coupled with my academic degree in Economics.

NAME IKEBUDU ALEXANDER UWAH
REG NO: 2016/239338
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI

MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).
I will start by giving the definition of talent and skills. Talent is an innate ability to do something it is a natural ability, which is inborn while skill is a learnt ability. It is acquired or developed after you put a lot of time and hard work. Starting with talent, God has embedded in me different talent which I can use to generate income to take me out of poverty. Some of which are writing, cooking, public speaking etc. during my primary and secondary school days, I have always had the passion for writing, I write story books novels for many friends to read of which they always loved. I love writing because it gives me the opportunity to express my self and I also use it to transfer knowledge or messages to the readers as well. I write books on success, love and even religious books, I intend to develop this talent to the fullest so I can be a best selling author, that way i can generate income for me and my family in the nearest future. Another talent which God has given me is cooking, at a very tender age, I learnt how to cool from my mother, she taught me how to cook different variety of dishes both foreign and local, i have made different type of food, I intend to develop this talent by going to a cooking school were I can become perfect in cooking thereby becoming a preffeional chef, that way I can receive income for my self by cooking for people during ceremonies like wedding, birthday parties and naming ceremonies also public speaking is another talent which i have. I used it to become a motivational speaker so that I can impact people like positively, inspire learn to do what is right and to achieve their claims and goals in life at the same time generating income from it. On the other had, one skill I love so much is tailoring, I have always wanted to be a fashion designer so that I can produce different occasions I intend going to fashion school so I can be an expert in fashion designing and thereby sew different kinds clothes like suit, wedding gowns , traditional attires e.t.c for people so that I can earn some income in return. In summary, with the talents and skills discussed above, I believe they are essential tool for which I can use to succeed in life and generate income for myself and my family there by eradicating poverty I the medium and long term.

Name: ECHENIM GINIKA PRECIOUS
Reg NO: 2016/233642
Department: Economics
Course Code: ECO 361
Course Title: Economic Development
Assignment
Discover your talent, develop it with your skills you have acquired and discuss how you intend to use your talent and skill to create wealth for you and take you away from poverty between five to ten years and above.
Answer:
Talent is a natural ability, it is something that is innate, something you don’t struggle to develop within you. Skill is a personal or practical knowledge about something, it is the capacity, ability and technique to do something well, it is usually acquired or learned.

The skills/talents I have developed over the years are listed below:
Good communication skill
Marketing skill
Great in Baking and a Good Cook
Good public speaking skill

Good Communication Skills:
Good Communication is about being able to convey information to others in a simple and unambiguous way. It involves the distribution of messages and the relaying of information clearly and concisely with ease, in a way that connects with the audience.
I intend using my good communication skills in making wealth for myself both in the short and long term because in today’s competitive jobs market, communication skills in the business world are highly sought after, with recruiters looking for candidates who can communicate information, negotiate and confidently deal with customers. Listening carefully, speaking clearly and putting others at ease are very valuable attributes to possess.
Marketing Skills
Marketing is a form of professional communication since it consists of communicating to the public why they should buy or otherwise engage with whatever is being marketed. and having a general sense of who the end user is and what they want. I am very good in marketing via verbal communication, phone conversation and marketing via social media. I get to market my products by getting the customers to patronize me so I either influence the decision of the customers or convince them into using my product and this has fetched me money in most organization have worked during every long-term vacation.
Public Speaking
This is about being able to address the public openly. I am good at public speaking where I get to pitch my ideas to my clients or colleagues by making a presentation at a meeting. I am comfortable speaking in front of groups, and I am well able enough to handle questioning on-the-spot and to manage presentation software, such as PowerPoint.
Great in Baking and a Good Cook
Cooks oversee food production at places where food is served. They might work in restaurants, private homes, or hotels. So being a cook and a baker I am responsible for directing the cooking staff and making numerous decisions related to everything in food and baking production.
I plan to develop my skills by using my marketing skills into making my product known and opening a skills acquisition center where I get to train other people and training other people will help me develop more of a business skills and experience and managerial skills and this will fetch me money both in the short and long term.

NAME: Nwosu Samantha Adaobi
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
REG NO: 2016/238839
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION:
Discuss your talent and the skill you have developed and how you plan to develop it to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty in the next 5 years.

ANSWER
Good day Mr. President, my name is Nwosu Samantha Adaobi, And I’ll be discussing my talent and skill and how I intend to develop it and also use it in creating wealth for myself.
First , Talent is a natural aptitude or skill, while skill is the ability to do something well.
My talent is art,that is I have an artistic ability. All my life I’ve been surrounded by people who know how to beautify themselves and other people. My mum for instance, always loved making herself up and dressing her hair and nails her self and anytime she was doing those things i watched her and subconsciously I was learning. I had dolls that I always loved beautifying, and at a young age I subconsciously practiced with my dolls. But I won’t call it a talent because it has elements of Skill. For instance, in football some people have the talent of playing very well but if they don’t learn and practice those basic techniques in it then of course they would have limited skill. But if their education incorporates those techniques and skill, they would become skillful.
I have a natural talent to be a creative makeup artist and beautician (which is art). That is I am very good with makeup, hair styling, nails makings etc. And I have always known it was my talent because I never went to school for it, I just had passion in creating and hand making things on people especially women . And over time I have added some techniques I learned to it , I go on the internet to watch professional makeup tutorials and learn different ways in applying makeup, I follow the professional makeup artists on instagram and on blogs to get the newer updates on makeup and beauty as a whole.
Secondly, How do I plan on developing it and creating wealth for me?
The development of my talent turned skill has already started. I’m always on the internet watching new techniques from pro Beauty Enthusiasts on how they do their makeup on themselves and clients. At some point I’ll go to a professional cosmetology school to perfect my skill and hopefully have a degree in that field, because a certificate will make my rank in the beauty industry to be high and it will also take me places I never imagined and bring top celebrities and people from different part of the world to work with me. And also I’ll keep practicing on myself and people so I become perfect in my craft .
With all this development I’ll have to promote my skill that is ,show the world what I can do and with the help of social media (I.e Facebook, Instagram , advertisements, fliers, peoples recommendations etc) people see my craft/skill and they will get interested and they will want me to work on them and the awareness continues. I intend to be very consistent so as to develop my skill and make my work outstanding. With this I’ll start making it a profession not a talent or skill because people who are interested in my work would start paying for my services. For Example, A newly wedded bride, a birthday celebrant, a tv host, an actress, a politician, a wedding guest etc are my target clients because they would pay well. And once I start earning a nice sum of money , I’ll start saving and as my skill develops my pay increases, my clients increase too. I will also go as far as having makeup classes monthly which I would also earn from because the students will pay me for my services . Overtime my pay consistently increase and Within the space of 5 to 10 years with consistent hard-work , I will be a multi millionaire award winning makeup artist.
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NAME: ONYENWE NANCY .C
REG NO: 2016/234861
DEPT: ECONOMICS
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 1
CODE: ECO 361

MY IDENTIFIED TALENT AND SKILL
Talent is a special ability that allows one to do something well and skill is the ability to do something that comes from training, experience or practice. Two of my identified talent and skill that can create wealth for me are fashion designing and makeup artistry. I have identified other talents too such as the ability to make people laugh and counsel but i will only discuss the two above. Fashion designing is the art of applying design aesthetics and natural beauty to clothing while make-up artistry is the art of applying make-up (cosmetics) on people often with the intention to beautify. One of the things I discovered while growing up was that I had a flair for colors. I loved to draw and color different patterns of clothes.
During my childhood days, I was gifted dolls by my aunty. The dolls had dresses on, but with time, the dresses became worn out. I had to cut pieces of fabric from my old clothes and make dresses for the dolls with just needle, thread and scissors. Because of how beautiful and well fitted the clothes were on the dolls, I became so fascinated in making dresses for the dolls,that I had to start visiting the tailor's shop in our street to pick pieces of colorful fabrics cut out from sewn clothes. As time went on, I started drawing designs of dresses to be made for my dolls in a jotter. Sometimes, I will draw models wearing the dresses.
When I entered the university, I discovered that the next best thing that had to do with color painting and fashion designing was make-up. I picked up interest in it. I started watching make-up tutorial videos on YouTube and any platform available. I practiced with my face and any of my friend's face that cared to volunteer. I devoted time toward mastering the art of make-up, which was not hard for me since I already had that ability to match colors and create artistic work. I perfected my skill and started beautifying people especially during matriculations, convocation, date nights and other special occasions. I had to start fixing/charging money for it since ineeded to upgrade my makeup toolbox. I even had to come up with a brand name "COLOURPLAY BY NANCY" because of the popularity I was fast gaining.
HOW I INTEND TO CREATE WEALTH WITH THIS SKILL IN THE NEXT FIVE(5) YEARS
Although I have already started getting income from my make-over business, meager as it is for now. I want to still develop and expand my skill. My medium term goal is to acquire more skills that goes with being a beautician such as tying of gele (African head wrap), styling of hairstyles, reigniting and developing my fashion designing ability e.t.c. I have already created a page with my brand name on Facebook to upload my work. I know social media is a powerful tool for advertising one's work and reaching a multitude of people at a very short period, hence I intend to make good use of it. I have already started getting clients from Facebook who visit my profile and view my works. I have travelled to different cities in Enugu where i live to make brides up for their wedding. After I graduate, I plan to go for a professional makeup training at "tintsmakeuppro studio", a popular lagos-based celebrity make-up studio. After which I hope to open my own beauty shop and clothing line thereby creating wealth for my family and I (My long term goal).

Name:Abah Blessing
Reg No: 2016/233373
Department: Economics
Course code: Eco 361
Course Title: Economic Development
Question
Discover your talent, develop it with your skills you have acquired and discuss how you intend to use your talent and skills to create wealth for you and take you away from poverty between five to ten years and above
Answer
Talent is a marked natural ability or skill which we are also passionate about. Most people have more than one talent. Some of this talent includes singing, dancing, drawing, cooking, styling e.t.c I have two of such talents which are styling and cooking, though I see cooking as a hobby than a talent.

I focus more energy on cooking than styling because my passion for cooking is greater than that of styling, though I think it is mainly because I am an African lady and I am obligated to cook daily. I discovered my love for cooking at a very young age. when I was Eight years old, I remembered Burning myself with pot whie cooking. I have always had a listening hear for new kind of food, sometimes I would find myself asking people how they prepare a particular kind of food. Right now I am so passionate about cooking I can't see a new food and not try it out.
Developing this talent of mine is way more easy because of the fact that it is the normal obligation of an African lady to cook. I tend to try out new recipes every once in a while, I follow food bloggers on social media, download applications that gives step by step instructions on how to prepare different dishes and when I visit new places I tend to learn how to prepare their different local dishes.
Skills: I prefer to say that skills is what sets ones talent apart from the rest. Skills is the reason why they say "go and ask him/her to teach you how to do it"
Though cooking is my talent, I and my pot make magic but another thing I have passion for is Fashion. My passion for fashion cannot be over emphasis. I can't see a fashion magazine and look away, growing up I will always sit in front of my moms sewing machine and dreamt of styling clothes for my toys. I would cut old pieces of cloth and styles clothes for all my toys.
I learnt the basics in styling clothe from 2013-2014. Presently I am making plans to buy a sewing machine for myself so that I would practice more on my own to improve myself. I also have plans to focus more on drawing out design better (improve my drawing skills in mapping out designs) and after my First degree I will go fully into mastering the art of designing for 6 months or more. After that I will establish myself ( full time fashion designing.
I will take a step further to start a Fashion School and maybe after a year I will employ my best students as teachers, build fashion schools across the country. Thereby taking myself out of poverty and creating job opportunities for fashion designers, model, marketers an a whole lot of people. I will also do seminar so as to enlighten people on how on can create wealth for themselves through skills aquistion and most especially through fashion designing.
I think with this little note of mine I have explained how to develop my skills and create wealth for myself and the society at large. Don't forget "having knowledge of a thing is different from being an expert". Don't just acquire the knowledge, be an expert(use your hands and brain, not just your brain).

Name:Abah Blessing
Reg No: 2016/233373
Department: Economics
Course code: Eco 361
Course Title: Economic Development
Question
Discover your talent, develop it with your skills you have acquired and discuss how you intend to use your talent and skills to create wealth for you and take you away from poverty between five to ten years and above
Answer
Talent is a marked natural ability or skill which we are also passionate about. Most people have more than one talent. Some of this talent includes singing, dancing, drawing, cooking, styling e.t.c I have two of such talents which are styling and cooking, though I see cooking as a hobby than a talent.

I focus more energy on cooking than styling because my passion for cooking is greater than that of styling, though I think it is mainly because I am an African lady and I am obligated to cook daily. I discovered my love for cooking at a very young age. when I was Eight years old, I remembered Burning myself with pot whie cooking. I have always had a listening hear for new kind of food, sometimes I would find myself asking people how they prepare a particular kind of food. Right now I am so passionate about cooking I can't see a new food and not try it out.
Developing this talent of mine is way more easy because of the fact that it is the normal obligation of an African lady to cook. I tend to try out new recipes every once in a while, I follow food bloggers on social media, download applications that gives step by step instructions on how to prepare different dishes and when I visit new places I tend to learn how to prepare their different local dishes.
Skills: I prefer to say that skills is what sets ones talent apart from the rest. Skills is the reason why they say "go and ask him/her to teach you how to do it"
Though cooking is my talent, I and my pot make magic but another thing I have passion for is Fashion. My passion for fashion cannot be over emphasis. I can't see a fashion magazine and look away, growing up I will always sit in front of my moms sewing machine and dreamt of styling clothes for my toys. I would cut old pieces of cloth and styles clothes for all my toys.
I learnt the basics in styling clothe from 2013-2014. Presently I am making plans to buy a sewing machine for myself so that I would practice more on my own to improve myself. I also have plans to focus more on drawing out design better (improve my drawing skills in mapping out designs) and after my First degree I will go fully into mastering the art of designing for 6 months or more. After that I will establish myself ( full time fashion designing.
I will take a step further to start a Fashion School and maybe after a year I will employ my best students as teachers, build fashion schools across the country. Thereby taking myself out of poverty and creating job opportunities for fashion designers, model, marketers an a whole lot of people. I will also do seminar so as to enlighten people on how on can create wealth for themselves through skills aquistion and most especially through fashion designing.
I think with this little note of mine I have explained how to develop my skills and create wealth for myself and the society at large. Don't forget "having knowledge of a thing is different from being an expert". Don't just acquire the knowledge, be an expert(use your hands and brain, not just your brain).

Ezeibekwe Chioma Maryjane
2016/234766
Combined Social Science (Economics/Sociology)
Eco 361-Development Economics
Dr Tony Orji
Assignment: How do you intend to develop your talent and skills to create Wealth and take me out of poverty for medium term (5years) and long term (10years)

According to wikipedia, talent is an ability that someone is born with. It is the natural ability to be good at something especially without being taught. To my own understanding talent means being good in a certain activity without actually learning or acquiring it.
Skill is a learnt ability and can be developed in someone if he/she puts its time and efforts in it. The efforts need to be voluntary,systematic and sustained.
As a young girl i was born with this instinctual talent of dancing, i pick up routines quickly and i continue to develop my talent over the years,turning myself into an established and respected dancer. However with classes,dedication,practice, hardwork and motivation my talent becomes an advantage.
I possess skills like catering,fashion designing and modeling. As a young girl always love to bake with my mom then after my secondary school i develop my skill of bakery by perfecting it,then i start my fashion designing tutor which i embrace the new styles of designs and sewing of cloth since majority of people love to wear sown clothes. By modeling and advertising the outfits i can as well be paid well.
I can take out poverty for medium or long term year: first by creating awareness of my skills on social media and any other platform.
Second by getting myself a place where i can render my services to the people.
Third by creating job opportunity for people and get apprentice that can learn from me.

ANUNOBI OLUCHI MARYVIVIAN
2016/231733
EDUCATION/ECONOMICS

I believe everyone has a unique skills and talents and that is what makes each one of us special. Talent is a natural ability while a skill is a something we learnt that we are so good at. People have skills or talents in areas such as singing, hairdressing, teaching acting and many more. People realize their talents or learn three skills at different stages in their lives. Giving back to the community by sharing the skill I have is what makes the difference. Everyone has at least one thing they are really good at. I’m proud to say that my special talents are singing and teaching.
Ever since I was a child, singing has always been one of my talents and I realized that it makes me happy. I actually started singing properly in my Junior Secondary school when my classmates then formed a singing group, the Pristine; just for fun. Though I joined reluctantly but from there, I actually realized that I have a talent for singing. I intended to develop my talent so as to create wealth for myself and take me out of poverty by going for some singing competitions like the MTN project fame where I would also be groomed more in singing and also get to compete with my fellow inmates for a prize.
I have also been fortunate and blessed with the skill of teaching and out of the goodness of my heart, I like to give back to the community. I was admitted into the department of education economics and here, the educational practioners and the professors educate us on the skills of how to teach, how to use instructional materials in the course of our teachings, how to use evaluation method to access our students and many more. Also, as a test of how far I have learnt have learnt the skill of teaching, I went for a teaching practice in a secondary school where I was the ss3 economics teacher. So far, a few weeks of doing the teaching practice, consistently, it’s becoming part of me. I planned to create wealth foe myself through teaching by opening up schools especially secondary schools so as to inculcate values to the society because it gives me joy.
God has given each and every one of us a gift of unique talent and skills. We can come together and use our gifts to help or families, communities and the world. We can make a positive difference in the lives of others.

NAME:EBISIKE ONYINYECH FLORENCE
REG NUMBER: 2016/231426
COURSE:ECO 361 (DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 1)
DEPARTMENT:ECONOMICS
MY SKILL AND TALENT AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR POVERTY ALEVIATION.
ASANTE (1991) skill acquisition will help to reduce the poverty rate if people are trained in diverse areas and in turn create wealth for themselves and their immediate environment. Noe etal (2003) suggest that enabling the individual to acquire skill can make him bring about good innovations, good performance, self respect and improvement in their lives. Breach, A.O (1990) recommends that the best way to empower a people is through skill acquisition which is a process of enlarging people choices for a long and healthy life, knowledge acquisition and access to resources needed for a decent standard of living.
It is from the word of this distinguish persons that I draw my inspiration that my skill and talent can serve as important tools for poverty alleviation. Hence, I would like to tell in subsequent paragraph my skill and talent and how they can have alleviated poverty for me. To start with, I am a chef as I have acquired a skill in culinary. This skill is of utmost importance to me because I find passion in doing it and I always know its something I want to take to another level.
Also, I have a talent of singing and this is what I enjoy doing the most because it helps me think straight. Although, I am more of a gospel singer than a circular one because I started from my childhood to sing despite the fact that I always shy away from it and each time I do this people tend to get blessed. Notwithstanding I also have a talent in acting which has enabled me gain grounds in public speaking and has built this confidence in me that allows mw face great deal of audience
With cooking as my skill and my talent of singing and acting, I intend pushing it to the next level because I really want to be an employer of labor and reduce the unemployment in Nigeria. In the next 5 years to come, I am looking at opening up an eatery for all classes of people where there will be no segregation.i want to also push my music career to another another level because there is a payment called honorarium.although that shouldn’t be the brain behind any ministration but its also a way of keeping both the body and mind busy and this can In turn improve my standard of living.

Name: Eneh Munachi Cynthia

Reg.No:2016/234787

Dept: CSS (Economics/Philosophy).

C.Code: Eco361
C.Name: Development Economics

An Assignment Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the course:Eco361

Lecturer: Dr. Tony Orji
Date: March,2019.

Topic: Discuss Your Talents and Skills and how you intend to develop them and use them to escape poverty.

1. My Talent and Skills: The Skills I have are Tailoring and Hair dressing. The dominant of them is Tailoring. I learnt how to sow clothes after my secondary school and up till now, I still devote some of my time to making some of the clothes I wear by myself. Tailoring is interesting. The cost of making a clothe is relatively cheap. Most of the clothes I wear are locally made by tailors who I do help out in one way or the other. So in appreciation for my assistance, they normally sow clothes for free for me, provided I buy the clothing materials. Also, I know how to plait hair and pretty do it well. I plait most of my friends hair and they offer a thank you in appreciation.
2. How I intend to develop my skills and use them to escape poverty: I have plans of still learning Tailoring and hair dressing up to a professional level. Upon my graduation and service, I will go for and extensive training in Tailoring. When I must have been certified to be good at it, then I will look to establishing my own business of clothe making. In the medium term, I hope to make money by making clothes for people and charging them for my services. In the long term, I hope to get contracts from schools and groups for a bulk request. I also wish to go into commercial clothing where I will make large number of clothing styles and designs and supply to sellers. With a quality clothe and being relatively cheaper than already made clothes, I will have large customers patronizing my line. Not only has my talent elevated me out of poverty, it has also encouraged patronage to locally made clothes instead of imported ones. I believe that by so doing, I have added my own quota to the development of my country’s economy.

NAME: EZE MARTHA CHIDERA
DEPT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECO/POL)
REG NO: 2016/237649

Talent is an inherent ability to do something possessed by a person naturally which he or she do the best without putting extra efforts into it. Skills refer to an ability or an expertise in performing a task, obtained by a person through systematic learning, practice or experience.
My talent is acting which I discovered right from my primary school days, I do not actually have a skill now but I have plan of acquiring one which is fashion and designing immediately after my youth service.
Than how my talent and skill will come together to fetch me money in the next five years is knowing full well that fashion and designers needs to be social in the sense that it will help me to create awareness about that my skill which is fashion and designing. Like for instance, if am asked to bake cake for wedding ceremony, which am suppose to explain to the guest how the cake was baked and the meaning of the colors used in baking the cake, due to that I am talented in acting which has also made me to be social, it will help me in explaining how the cake was baked and then the meaning of the colors used. So being able to explain my work as a fashion and designer with the help of my talent acting will make my skill to be unique and different from others thereby bringing more customers which will lead to my talent and my skill fetching me money.

NAME: OKIBE TITI ADAKU
REG NO: 2016237167
DEPT: ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS 1
LECTURER: DR

ASSIGNMENT: Write your talent and the skill you have developed and how you intend to develop them to help you create wealth and take out poverty from your life in the medium term and long-run.
A talent is a marked natural ability or skill to be good at something especially without being taught, whereas a skill is a practical knowledge, a capacity to do something well; technique, ability. Skills are usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities (talent) which are often thought of as innate. Talents are usually in born and are developed over time through individual effort via constant practice.
My talents include childcare, teaching (children mostly) and the skills I have acquired include make up artistry, tailoring (still a work in progress though), choreographing, manufacturing of house hold items like dish washer, hair shampoo and conditioner, bleach e.c.t.
Childcare is the act, practice occupation of supervising and taking care of young children. Growing up, I discovered I had an exceptional love for children (especially babies) and I was also great at taking care of them which I did without much fuss. Due to financial constraints presently I just watch over kids for their parents for a considerable sum of money although, I plan on establishing a crèche where nursing mothers who are also career women could drop off their children when going to work or just mothers in general. And they will pay for the services rendered on a monthly or weekly basis. The crèche will accommodate various ages of children and they will also be thought a variety of artistic things like singing, dancing, painting and acting in line with the recommended academic curriculum.
Makeup artistry is the process of applying cosmetics; colorants and other substances to the skin to improve its appearance. As a makeup artist, I have been able to see how large the market is because girls always want to look their best for parties and occasions mostly on weekends, and I have been able to make a reasonable sum of money from it. In the long run, I plan on partnering with a friend to create and run a beauty studio which will offer various services such as makeup artistry, hair making, pedicure and manicure, dress making and all things beauty etc. because the market for beauty is large and it keeps growing.
The aforementioned is a conceived way to bring me out of the poverty circle and also reduce the unemployment line, thereby leading to a reasonable level of economic growth and development of the country.

Name: Anuka Somto Timothy

Reg.No: 2016/239353

Dept: CSS ( Economics/Philosophy).

Course:Eco361
C.Name: Development Economics

Lecturer:
Date: 29th March, 2019.

An Assignment Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirement for the Course:Eco361.

TOPIC: Discuss About Your Talent and Skills; how you intend to develop them and; how they can take you out of poverty.

Answer:
1. My Talents and Skills: I have discovered that my natural talent is the gift of Art appreciation. I love literature so much; I can devote a whole day doing literature without feeling bored or hungry. It is something I do without stress and naturally. Am good at making up good stories that can make people around me sit down and listen to the end. I like mimicking what happens in reality in stories. In fact, I have some novels which am still working on in view to publishing them. I love thinking out Movie Ideas too which when related to anyone,it baffles them. One time I told some group that I watched this interesting video that they also need to watch;they asked me what it was about? Then I told them my own movie idea and they all wanted to get the name of the movie not knowing it is just my own idea. I can go crazy with Art. I think it is Life (I.e Art).
2. How I intend to develop my talent: I develop my talent by reading and appreciating numerous works of art that comes my way. The more art i appreciate,the more love I build towards it. Again, I develop my talent by building my vocabularies through the dictionary and works of professionals in the field of art. These works teach me a lot on how to present my ideas and get people want to hear me until my last word.
3. How My Talent will take me out of poverty both in the medium term and Long Term: There are so many ways that I can make money from my talent. On the medium term, I intend to get my movie ideas copyrighted and advertised in the pitching market. When a movie idea has been copyrighted, your pitching company advertises it and markets it for you. A movie idea sells for not less than $2000 each. That when changed in my country currency is a quite pretty sum. Also, I compete in short story competitions and literature group works online and offline. This fetches money too. On the long term, I hope to get many of my books published for both online and offline sales. I have started making advances towards publishing my first set of books. When these books are published, if they appeal to a large number of readers, it gets you the recognition and financial boost you deserve. By this way, my talent have taken me out of poverty.
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NAME: ENETE CYNTHIA IFEOMA
REG NO: 2016/234243
DEPT: ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY TALENT AND SKILL TO CREATE WEALTH FOR ME IN THE MEDIUM TERM (5 YEARS) AND LONG TERM (10 YEARS).
Growing up as a child, I never knew what one could call a talent or even a skill but I’ve always loved speaking to people (I can remember bringing my siblings together to read out articles and pretend to be a presenter) and equally listening to them share their burdens, ideologies and philosophies about life generally. At first, it seemed weird for a child my age but I guess it was a rare gift. Aside that, fashion was one thing I could kill for, seeing people classically dressed gave me great joy especially with the right cloth combination and colour combination as well. As time went by, I started sorting out clothes for events for my parents, siblings and friends and I always got lots of fashion related questions as well and it really pained me to see people with no or low fashion sense.
Without paying close attention to this and just living, the clock kept ticking and after my secondary school education, I got admission to study Economics in the university. But what I wanted to do still wasn’t clear to me I just knew I loved fashion, making runway sketches and talking to people. But after my first year, I decided to develop a skill and signing up for a fashion class was a big shot for me, with great enthusiasm and passion I started learning sewing, patterning, fabric sorting, sketching and even how the fashion business operates like meeting elderly women who had been in the field for a while. As time went by, it became clear to me the area of fashion I wanted to go into because the fashion is very broad and it pays according to your level of expertise. I decided to go fully into the African traditional fashion popularly known as “Ankara Fashion” having my own unique designs and making proper use of the social media platforms we have today and as it keeps advancing in showcasing my products (Ankara accessories, clothing and crafts), learning more on how the fashion industry operates from those who have gone far in the field. Also, give out consultancy in choosing outfits for events and proper clothing and colour combinations too. In the long run, I intend to have my own fashion house where we’ll run classes for youngsters with similar passion and coach those who wish to improve their skills in designing.
Still in school, in order to improve good public speaking skill I made a move and became a member of the Economic Press Association (Ecopress), where my horizon is broadened and I’ve had the opportunity to present before other Pressmen. Although it wasn’t hundred percent the best, I strongly believe Rome wasn’t built in one day. With proper grooming and training, I know I’m becoming a good presenter.

NAME: EKECHI EZINNE
REG NO: 2016/234822
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES (ECONOMICS/SOCIOLOGY)
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
AN ASSIGNMENT;
QUESTION: WRITE DOWN YOUR TALENT AND THE SKILLS YOU HAVE DEVELOPED? HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM?
The term “Talent” (or gift, or aptitude) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is different.
The simple English Wikipedia further explain the word “Talent” as the ability that someone is born with. Some people say they are “born with a talent”. People that are talented may have more than one talent.
While the Cambridge dictionary defined “Talent” as someone who has a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught: a person or people with a natural skill or ability.
CATERING: While growing up I start having interest in catering and other related services to this field, I engage myself in some training and look out to others who do such services to help me learn from them especially my mum, she has always been my source of inspiration and motivation and I learnt a lot from her. During my secondary school days, there are also subject that also helped to broaden my knowledge and understanding about this catering services such as: foods and nutrition and home management but at a point a student is entitled to make choice from the two subject, so I have to go for home management, in this field we are also taught about things related to foods and nutrition. It happened that we later had a practical against our exam for that subject, we all were exposed to a lot of foods and each student is meant to choose one meal and a fruit juice to accompany the meal. We all had a lot that day to prepare, but I had to prepare an appetizing, palatable Jellof rice and orange fruit juice which at the end of the exercise gave me a good score after the exam/competition, not just that we were expose to both tailoring, setting of table, making bids and lots more. Even when I got admission to the university, in my first year I had this roommate that bakes too well, it was also another opportunity to rehearse all I learnt during my secondary school days all this helped me a lot and added to my knowledge. Though I tried enrolling myself into one of the catering schools within the school so to help me rehearse all I learnt and even gain more ideas but due to the economy of the country in terms of financial instability and also time on my part which is due to the field of study I find myself has been a stumbling block /hindrance for me, though in my little Conner I try practicing the little I can like baking.
Moving on to SKILL, skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both.
As skill is the ability to have knowledge or comprehension of something and do it well.
At the period I was waiting for my admission I also discovered what can also help to broaden my talent which was INTERNET. I learnt how I can make use of this to advertise my talent to people and the world at large because people need a broad range of skill to contribute to a modern economy, this will also help to expose me and my business to the outside world and take me to places, though I planned going into it fully after my university study because with this am sure to create wealth for myself, with this my talent and skill am sure of taking myself and generation out from poverty.

NAME: EKECHI EZINNE
REG NO: 2016/234822
DEPARTMENT: COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCES (ECONOMICS/SOCIOLOGY)
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
AN ASSIGNMENT;
QUESTION: WRITE DOWN YOUR TALENT AND THE SKILLS YOU HAVE DEVELOPED? HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM?
The term “Talent” (or gift, pr aptitude) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is different.
The simple English Wikipedia further explain the word “Talent” as the ability that someone is born with. Some people say they are “born with a talent”. People that are talented may have more than one talent.
While the Cambridge dictionary defined “Talent” as someone who has a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught: a person or people with a natural skill or ability.
CATERING: While growing up I start having interest in catering and other related services to this field, I engage myself in some training and look out to others who do such services to help me learn from them especially my mum, she has always been my source of inspiration and motivation and I learnt a lot from her. During my secondary school days, there are also subject that also helped to broaden my knowledge and understanding about this catering services such as: foods and nutrition and home management but at a point a student is entitled to make choice from the two subject, so I have to go for home management, in this field we are also taught about things related to foods and nutrition. It happened that we later had a practical against our exam for that subject, we all were exposed to a lot of foods and each student is meant to choose one meal and a fruit juice to accompany the meal. We all had a lot that day to prepare, but I had to prepare an appetizing, palatable Jellof rice and orange fruit juice which at the end of the exercise gave me a good score after the exam/competition, not just that we were expose to both tailoring, setting of table, making bids and lots more. Even when I got admission to the university, in my first year I had this roommate that bakes too well, it was also another opportunity to rehearse all I learnt during my secondary school days all this helped me a lot and added to my knowledge. Though I tried enrolling myself into one of the catering schools within the school so to help me rehearse all I learnt and even gain more ideas but due to the economy of the country in terms of financial stability and also time on my part which is due to the field of study I find myself has been a stumbling block /hindrance for me, though in my little Conner I try practice the little I can like baking.
Moving on to SKILL, skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both.
As skill is the ability to have knowledge or comprehension of something and do it well.
At the period I was waiting for my admission I also discovered what can also help to broaden my talent which was INTERNET. I learnt how I can make use of this to advertise my talent to people and the world at large because people need a broad range of skill to contribute to a modern economy, this will also help to expose me and my business to the outside world and take me to places, though I planned going into it fully after my university study because with this am sure to create wealth for myself, with my this talent and skill am sure of taking myself and generation out from poverty.

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE (ECONOMICS/PHILOSOPHY)
Topic;
Discuss your identified talent and skill you have developed and how you intend to develop these talent and skill to create wealth and take you out of poverty
COURSE ECO 361
(DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS)
BY
AGBO STELLA UKAMAKA
2016/237821

LECTURER:
DR. ANTONY ORJI
MARCH, 2019

By examining Talent, we say that Talent is having a natural ability to be good at something especially without being officially thought about the subject .In other word; talent is inborn in us, while skill is the ability to use an acquired knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance. Skill can be taught and it's acquirable.
Coming down to my talent, which is drawing, designing animations, while I was little I use to tell stories in the art of drawing, for every particular scene, I could draw the actions that interpreted the message in the story and this goes on and on, I could design and paint, recently I decided to acquire a skill in fashion designing,
How do I intend to develop these Talent and Skill?
• By putting in consideration: that is not neglecting but by showing interest towards this.
• By taking bold steps towards creating better ideas such as going through the internet, magazine's finding patterns that could influence my ideas and better chances of bringing out a different designing patterns.
• It involved practice because there is a saying that practice makes perfection.
• Also, looking up to some popular fashion designer /artisans in order to get inspired by their works and project and at this, trying to do something different and unique compared to theirs.
• One important thing is having family and friends giving you encouragement and advice that will push you to keep taking that bold step.
• By going to places to showcase my skills without being intimidated.
How will my talent and skill create wealth for me, and take me out of poverty?
Both fashion designing and drawing goes one sided and probably together because as a fashion designer, you need to be creative in your designs by sketching out patterns and styles that may soot your customers, This intend to create wealth for me if I go into fashion designing professionally, due to the high unemployment rate, being self-employed (entrepreneurship) is a key to eradicating employment problems.

NAME: OBIANO CHINONYE EMMANUELLA
REG NO.: 2016/232556
COURSE CODE: ECO361
DEPT: ECONOMICS
ASSIGNMENT: GETTING OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH TALENT USUAGE AND SKILL ACQUISITION

Talents are God-given gifts that one is naturally endowed with. Skills are simply the things you learn that enable you to perform certain tasks. Most times they are used interchangeably. You can learn a skill but talents are inborn. As humans we have lots of talents but most people have not discovered theirs. Talents/skills are hidden potentials we use to change the world and therefore should be discovered. Well, I have discovered few of my talents and skills and I am yet to discover more. My talents and skills are:
• Counselling
• Hair-making
• Administrative/Organizational skills

Medium Term Goals
I’m so particular about my hair-making and administrative skills. Hair-making is one of those things that gives me joy because it shows forth creativity and also brings forth that ‘smile’ on a woman’s face when the work is done well. Like I always tell people “Hair equates Beauty”, that’s one of my slogan. My medium term goal is to learn more about Hairstyling and go for more trainings. I also want to create a better business flat-form so I can get a larger market. Well, I’m saying this because at this stage I have been able to do some works which has been a good source of income but I need to expand and make the business known to the people. So my plan is to create more social media publicity, with it I would be able to show my works and get my clients as well.
I have always had Administrative skills but I began to put it to work as I got a position in my church as an Administrator. I have learned and I’m still learning a lot about administration, good enough it’s in line with my field of study which is Economics. My medium term goal is to go for professional/business trainings, further my studies after graduation and also write professional exams (especially ICAN). With these I would enrol in a business firm/organisation where I would be involved in their administration.
Long Term Goals
I guess I have not mentioned how I love counselling, well that’s one of my talents. I know that a lot of people are suffering from a lot of things especially depression and I want to be in the position to help some of these people but first I would start with women. Since, I would be entering the Beauty World, it would help me. A lot of women are not so confident about themselves, some of the women don’t know the power we carry as women. Some have problems with the way the look that’s why they can spend a lot just to look beautiful. In the world now, Millions of Dollars are generated from the Beauty Industry. So, in the long term, not only would I want to have a Big Beauty Salon where lots of Hairstyling and production of hair products would be done but I would also have a section in the Industry where women would be empowered and be counselled. We all know that salons are one of the places where women share their secrets and therefore it would be very strategic to counsel women and bring them to the understanding of ‘who the really are’. I would feel so fulfilled when I see women fulfilled(especially with the services I render) and empowered because ‘when you empower a woman, you empower a generation’. So, with this I will not only get income for myself but also be an employer of labour and build a network of confident women that would also reach out to others in the society and their homes too.
Thank You, Sir.

OGBA EVANS CHINWENDU
COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE [ECONOMIC/GEOGRAPHY]
2016/235277
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT.
TOPIC: MY TALENT AND HOW TO DEVELOP IT TO LIFT ME OUT OF POVERTY IN NEXT 5 YEARS.

MY TALENT.
In my early days , I derived joy in writing stories and letters to people. In my primary school days I was not living with my parents. I writes letter to my mum weekly informing her about the situation in my school and how I fares in my new environment. My joy about that then is that my mum do reads the letters and replies it as soon as possible. I have once written a letter to the traditional council of my community informing him of the ugly situation of our primary school building and he replied the letter and the building was renovated. I was so happy then that my letters are read and my renovation shows the reply of the letter.
In my secondary school I was the president of a society called press club society. There we write articles and stories. The best stories or article makes the headline of the day and the writer will come up in the assemble ground and read the story or article. She will be awarded and recognized accordingly. I won the best writer during my last days in secondary school and that have been a motivation since then.
HOW TO DEVELOP MY TALENT INTO SKILLS FOR IT TO LIFT ME OUT OF POVERTY IN NEXT 5 YEARS.
After my secondary school, I did not quit my writing career rather I have been working round the clock to improve my writing dexterity. I have been in many writing media groups in social media and I have participated in many online writing competitions. Quit unfortunate I have not won in my any online writing competition because it is international competition and I lacked firsthand information on modality of the competition.
Currently I have about four articles to publish in the international magazine. One of the articles is titled COLONIALISM IS NOT A BASED GROUND FOR AFRICA TO BE UNDERDEVELOP. The idea of the article is centred on the blaming consciousness of our continent on their colonial masters and their inability to accept and build back the Africa heritages which would have improve our psychological, economical and spiritual mindset and our nonchalant attitude of comfortably sitting in the abyss of our quagmire and keeps. I have reached the foreign magazine for the publishment of the article and they charged me 1000 US dollars. I want more knowledge on research method to give the work a finite econometric finishing for it to be international standard.
By 2023 I will have my first fiction novel published by the same publishers who is publishing my articles and am going to publish more paper on the way forward for Africans on economic development. Through my hard works and online stories that I will be writing and selling I hope I will earn enough cash to achieve all this

ONYENEMEREIBEYA CHRISTIAN
COMBINED SOCIAL SCIENCE
[ECONOMIC/SOCIAOLOGY]

2016/235888

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT

MY TALENT.
I dont think anyone on earth feels bad as i do when they see people dressed bad. It is inborn because in my early days i skips school if my school uniform is not well pressed due to power failure. I make sure that all my friends look as cute as i am especially in occasion where we are made to look cute such as during our school graduation ceremony, inter house sports competition and the Children day or national day.
HOW TO DEVELOP MY TALENT INTO SKILLS AND BE EARNING MONEY FROM IT IN NEXT 5 YEARS.
Being into modeling is one of the things i occupies my whole childhood days thinking of. Am currently making wave and have a well tabled plans to make it in life through modeling. After my secondary school, i joined a modeling company and currently am the Editor in chief of a modeling magazine which its invention was my sole initiative. Also an ambassador to one of the modeling company in my state.
Many fashion firms, though domestic firms have employed me as there marketer due to my dexterity in creating a fitting test in clothes and my pictures in their firm magazine have been the selling point of their firms.
After my university, i will devote my time on improving my magazine. By 2022, with my influence in modeling and the knowledge i have acquired being the ambassador of one of the most popular modeling company in my state and through the money i made being a marketer of many fashion firms i will create my own modeling company and also improve my magazine to be the best sought after fashion magazine in my state.
By 2023, i would have improved my modeling firm and try to make it to be competing with the modeling companies that are in apex of the ladder. I will do that by seeking and employing young talents who will model under me and compete with their fellows in the events like Miss Nigeria, Which is modeling event sponsored by Bluebird company.

NAME: OCHICHE EMMANUEL OGON
REG NO: 2016/234224
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI

Discuss your identified talents and the skills you have developed. And then how do you intend to develop your talent and skill to earn money/create wealth for you and take you out of poverty.

The impact of skill and talent in poverty eradication, economy growth and development can never be over emphasizing. Skill and talent development is the major ingredient that can take someone out of perpetual poverty and the goal of macro economy i.e. full employment, economy growth etc to be achieve. Skill development helps to provide employment and diversification of the economy which will result to economy growth and development.
Skill is said to be innate ability to carry carried out or perform a particular task with minimal difficulty. Ability to use one's knowledge effectively to learned power of doing something competently, for any country to move from grass to grace like china in term of economy skill and talent must be develop not to depend solely on oil and white scholar job as it is common in Nigeria. I have to recognize my talent: don’t underestimate or overestimate my talents which are:
1. Poultry farming
2. Welding and iron bending
3. Ajajability without Akuntity
HOW CAN I USE THIS SKILL TO GET OUT OF POVERTY?
Well, I intend to start up a business that will be centered majorly on the above mentions skills and talents
Poultry farming: this skill came to me due to significant role play by agriculture in the economy of Nigeria and world and haven been in the system for some time, I have the zeal to develop this skill because of the two factors to be consider before starting the business
The need base of the society, this business arise when I travel to my state in the month of September 2018-january 2019. For the mere time I spent in the state, I work in Obembe poultry farm and not less than 50 fowl, 100 crate of eggs and chickens are demanded on the daily basis and demand is always more than supply.
Resources base: resources like land, weather conditions have been taken into consideration. Land is at affordable prices and partial electricity. When I develop this skill, I supply to others local government within the state and nearby state, create an easy ways of delivery of the goods to the customers and to undergo more three months training.
Welding and iron bending skill: I intern to develop this skill when I have the money to purchase my welding machine and to rent a shop
“AJAJABILITY WITHOUT AKUNTITY”
It is one of my skills I want to develop that will be in form of non -governmental organization aim at to clear every obstacle that may hinder skill and talents development. “AJAJABILITY without AKUNTITY” just like garri without sugar.
Ajajability without akuntity just like garri without sugar simply laid emphasis on how some countries are blessed with resources and skill personnel but lack of qualified personnel to manage those resources which lead to killing of the young entrepreneur dream.
Some people are blessed with skill but still have the problem of developing it as a result of waiting for white scholar job when there are many opportunities outside to exploit with their talent. Talent and skill development in Nigeria faces a setback because of lack of resources to build it up. For instance, loan for those that have the talent of going into agriculture which will help to diversify the economy, bad road, electricity, deficiency in demand as a result of late payment of salary, lack of machinery for production.
All those factors killed talent and skill that is why this organization is out to fight for the young talented or potential entrepreneur so that they will have a flat play ground in their business by measure that the portion of the national budget main to encourage the entrepreneur to get to them because skill without development is a set back to the economy.

Name: MBAH HENRY EMEKA.
REG NO: 2017/251858
Department: Economics
Level: Third Year
Course title: Development Economics 1
Course code: Eco 361
Date: 26/03/2019
ASSIGNMENT.
Discuss your identified skill and talent and how it will create wealth for you in the next five years.

Skill……………. Laundry, Painting and Brick laying.
Talent…………. Writing.
Ones skill is his ability to carry out a task with an expected result often with a given amount of energy and time or both. Skills are learnt and developed over time and it requires certain environmental stimuli and situations to be shown and utilized. People need at least certain amount of skills and talent to contribute positively in the economy.

On the other hand, talent is a natural endowment on someone just as nations are naturally endowed with natural resources. In Nigeria’s present economic situation, one has to have more than one still to survive and maintain on average standard of living be he uneducated, undergraduate or a graduate. Nigerians economic condition needs more of entrepreneurs than intraprenuers for there to be a substantial stable growth on the gross domestic product (GDP).

Brief introduction on how I acquired the above listed skills.
Firstly, the laundry skill came about from the collective effort of my brother and I during our secondary school. I learnt everything about laundry from my brother while in secondary school including how to sort cloths into colorfast and non-colorfast, to washing, drying, ironing down to neatly folding.

Painting and brick laying are the skills are learnt from my father who is a builder. I do follow him to his construction site then while I learnt how to do this two handwork and at the same time been paid for running errands at the site.

Basically this are the three informal skills I got from my family while growing up and its patient to say that I do paint my fellow student’s rooms in the school on a little charge.

Writing is a talent I have discovered in myself. Though this is still at the infancy stage because I haven’t paid so much attention to it. I intend enrolling for a writing workshop (the Farafina trust conducted every summer by Chimamand Nogzi Adchie) so that I can fully tap into this potential in the nearest future.

It is important to note that am going into writing not necessarily as a sources of livelihood but because it’s a passion that came from reading.

HOW CAN THIS IDENTIFIED SKILLS AND TALENT CREATE WEALTH FOR ME IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS?
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. For me to explore this skills and talent, I have to work hard in perfecting on them so that I can go beyond the boundaries of my locality. In essence, I have to undergo some level of formal training particularly on the painting and brick laying to have a firm grip of want to skill requires so that I can be a guru on it and also acquire the basic tools required so that i can be an employer of labor in the nearest future.

For the laundry service, all I need to do is to site a good business location and employ someone that will manage it for me (a good business location is the heartbeat of every successful business).

I wanting to write not because I want to earn a living from it but because it’s something I enjoy doing and I always feel I can excel in it.

So with this approach, I believe I five years to come I will utilize my skill and talent to create job for me and at the same time employ workers.

NAME: UZOH MARTIN NNAEMEKA
REG. NO: 2017/244530
DEPT: EDUCATION/ ECONOMICS

DEVELOPMENTAL ECONOMICS
INTRODUCTION
To my own understanding, talent implies a special ability that allows someone to do something well or perfect. While skills means the ability to do something that comes from training, experience or practice.
However, my talent is ‘Teaching’ and that of my skill is ‘Barbing’. I believe in my primary and secondary school days. I love addressing a group of people whether formally or informally, there is a joy of satisfaction I normally derive when talking or addressing a crowd also teaching in your own area of specialization. I learnt my skills back then in the secondary school, from my JSS 3 when were about to write junior WAEC. Ever since then, I barb people and they give me little money which normally serves as pocket money.

HOW MY TALENT AND SKILLS CAN BE DEVELOPED AND CREATE WEALTH AND AS WELL ERADICATE POVERTY
From my own perspective above, I can comfortably use my talent to eradicate poverty in my life. For instance, during school holidays or after graduation, you can be self-employed by developing or starting a lesson centre. Believe it students will start coming and from there, you earn money and more to the next level. Moreover, even as a graduate who is still furthering his/her Masters Programme can be employed as a secondary school teacher where one can earn some money, after which you can become a lecturer in any university which is part of developing your talent, moving towards wealth and eradicating poverty.
In addition, a barbing saloon is another powerful skill people sometimes underestimate or look down on. For example, if one can barb ten people in a day, at the cost of N200, then in a week you earn N14,000 and you save N5000 per week.
Also , another way one can eradicate poverty through his/her skills and talent is to find a way and empower his/herself not only in business, but also as a person, moreover if 85% of individuals can hence utilize their talents and skills effectively , at least every citizen of Nigeria will be above average Nigerians.
Also another step to take in other to eradicate poverty is by ensuring good conduct with people most especially if you are serving the public.
For example, maintain a nice conduct. The way or the approach you talk to people matters a lot even as a teacher and also as a banker or a barber.
In conclusion, having talent is the same as saying a person has the ability to become highly skilled at something way faster than most of us. What is more important to succeed in life is hard work or talent. Also the key to success in our professional lives is to work hard to maximize our talents and strength.

Name: Ibediugha Victoria Nnedimma
Reg No: 2016/239023
Department : Social Sciences Education (Education Economics)
Topic : Skill And Talent
A talent is a hidden gift in you from God which can be developed by you.
God gave many people different talents like singing dancing, playing, teaching, drawing and many more.
God bless me with the talent of teaching and am grateful to him for that. Growing up as a child, loving found myself so much attached to teaching, and I will gather all our neighborhood children together and start telling them stories of which after that I will ask them questions one after the other.
I have always envied my mother's dress code and the unique name which she has always been addressed with "Madam" and as a child, I have always wanted to dress like her and also being addressed with such name, and I started following my mother to school from childhood, I will pay attention in class and watch my teacher teach us so that if I get home I will be able to demonstrate everything just like the teacher while teaching our neighborhood kids.
All the great men and women passed through teachers before being great.
When I entered secondary school, my love for teaching grow more, I discovered that teaching in secondary school is simpler compared with teaching in primary school as it is one teacher, one subject not in primary school that one teacher will teach all the subjects and still take care of the pupils. During break-time, my friends will gather together and ask me to teach them the ones they didn't understood when the teacher was teaching,
Teaching is not really easy, you must read and study very hard so that you will not end up teaching what you don't know or disgracing yourself in front of the people you are teaching. Because of this I read everything so that I will always be prepared, ready at anytime.
My teachers are always proud of me because I read above my mates and always ask questions whenever I don't understand. When I entered senior secondary, some of our teachers (junior teachers) sometimes gives me there note to go and teach the junior ones. During exam time, I normally invigorate junior classes.
After my secondary school, because I was to be an educator I choosd to study an educational course in the university so that it will enable me to learn more and know more about teaching.
During our first teaching practice, some of my mates were afraid to teach because they found it difficult to face the students, but I did mine with ease because it was not my first time of doing it and it has mastered me right from time.
After my studies in the university am planning to open my own school even If i get or I didn't get a job. I will start with home lessons, and doing extra morals lesson for students at least with this am independent, it will help me take care of myself and my needs.

UGWU AMARACHUKWU GRACE
REG: 2016/235594
DEPT: EDUCATION/ECONOMICS
DATE: MARCH, 2019.
MEANING OF TALENT
Talent is a natural ability to do something well. It is a way of showing people what you are capable of doing it can also be use as source of creating wealth. In this world we all have talents and gift given to us by God it now depend on the person ability to identify his or her talent. Many people have the talent of understanding others, talent of Singing, Acting, Dancing, patience cheerfulness or the ability to teach others. Talent can be useful and cannot be useful it depends you use it. We can develop our talents by discovering our talent and examining ourselves to fine our strengths and ability. And also learn the skills necessary for us to develop our talents by reading a book, seeking advice from a relative and so on. Talent can also be developed by sharing ones talent to others to perform good work and also learn self control

MY TALENT
My talent is teaching others. Teaching is act of transferring knowledge to people or it is a way of teaching someone what he or she does not know. I like teaching anybody around me because it gives me joy when my neighbor acquire the same knowledge I have. For the love I has in teaching, I have to apply for education when I was seeking for admission in university so that I can acquire more knowledge and learn how to handle student in the classroom. I develop the interest of teaching when I was a little girl, I will call my siblings around then we all will start learning I will be teaching them and they will be responding and when they make noise I will flog them how my teacher do in school. Teaching gives me joy when ever am teaching especially calling the student name whenever i what to ask them question. And also when siblings and I go to church for catechism if our teacher is not around I sit on her chair and start teaching others. I can remember when I did my first teaching practice I will go inside the class anytime whether it is my time or not to teach the student.
HOW I CAN USE MY TALENT TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY
Being a teacher in future time, I will help me and impact knowledge on my students, give them enough training as a student. This is because teachers mould the country as well as an individual. Becoming a teacher will be
an avenue for me to engage myself on multiple streams of income so that I will not depend on my salary for a living. I will engage myself in an extra lesson after school for students who what to learn more concerning the day lesson.
Due to teachers always have time to do any other business? I will also like to establish a poultry farm where I can lay hen like an old layer in which I will be selling both eggs and the chicken in a wholesale. Teaching and the same time engaging in business will help me to alleviate poverty in my life.
From teaching I will have the opportunity to further more such as masters and doctor of philosophy so that if I have the opportunity to get a lecturing job or any other job from any organization I can be able to work perfectly well . Or even acquire more knowledge to use it and expand my poultry business and also diversify in any other businesses like renting canopy, chair and plate for people organizing for event like wedding, birthday and so on.

NAME: IYEKEKPOLOR OMOROVBIYE BLESSING
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2016/233245
DEPARTMENT: EDUCATION ECONOMICS
MY TALENT
I actually do not have much things to call my talent but at least I know that the following I can back actually to be my talent.
Writing
Cooking
Teaching
HOW I KNOW AND IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WERE MY TALENT
WRITING: I can confidently say that writing is my talent because whenever am downhearted or find myself in a difficult situations, all I need is just to pick up a pen, pencil, laptop, anything I can write with that is available at that moment and I just pour out all my stress, downheartedness, difficult situation etc into writing of which I don’t even think of what to write and surprisingly will later turn out to be either motivational words or it could even turn out to be a poem.
COOKING: For this I will say that I think it is my talent because I love cooking naturally, and anything at all that has to do with the kitchen, and I as well love combining dishes to know how it turn out and what the taste will turn out to be like. And I actually have worked in a restaurant where I was the chef.
TEACHING: This also I feel is my talent because even right from my child hood I gather my neighbors children together and I teach them to the extent that their parents sometimes will organize a party for us just to serve as a motivator. Even at a time people were like that really my zeal for teaching children, impacting on their life’s and the joy I derive when I see them excel was natural and inborn so this continued until I graduated from my secondary school and I had to apply for a teaching job until I got my admission and had to resign.

HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY TALENT THAT WILL HELP ELEVATE ME FROM POVERTY IN THE NEAREST FUTURE.
WRITING: in developing this I will try looking for a mentor who will be willing to help me at times create fake anger to make me write more and will as well help coach me through in terms of correction, publication etc. because I know that through the selling of those books I will be able to make a living out it.
COOKING: For this I have to go for a Catering school to improve on my talent the more and also learn how to prepare more of intercontinental dishes, learn more table settings etc. so that in the future I will be able to open up my own restaurant where I will not just dish out local dishes but also intercontinental dish so as to be able to entertain different varieties of people, and from there I will make a comfortable life out of it.
TEACHING: I already have started developing this talent of mine by choosing educational part in my academic line of learning, because I know I will be thought more about teaching skill, classroom management and a lot of other things I need to know about teaching, and I can confidently say that after this training it do me a lot of good financially to improve my life in the nearest future because I can own A school, I as well can own a day care, I can work as homeroom teacher, as a lecturer, I can as well render a home lessons to people and get paid hourly and all these would really improve my financial status.
MY ACQUIRED SKILLS
HAIR STYLING: I acquired this skill by learning.
HOW I INTEND TO DEVELOP MY ACQUIRED SKILL THAT WILL HELP ELEVATE ME FROM POVERTY IN THE NEREST FUTURE.
HAIR STYLING: Already I have developed this because I am perfect when it comes to this. All I have to do is try getting my own shop and advertise my hand work both online and other wise, with this step I know I will get many people to patronize me and this act will make me financially balance and elevate me from future poverty.

NAME: IHENETU, PRECIOUS OZIOMA
REG. NO: 2016/231432
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS I
LECTURER: DR. TONY A. ORJI

A DISCUSSION ON MY DISCOVERED TALENTS AND HOW A COMBINATION OF THESE CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY IN MY LIFE AND NATION
 Definition of Key Terms
Talent: According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, talent is:
a) A special often athletic, creative, or artistic aptitude.
b) The natural endowments of a person.
Skill: According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, skill is:
a) The ability to use one’s knowledge effectively and readily in execution or performance.
b) A learned power of doing something competently: a developed aptitude or ability.
 My Talents and Skills
One talent I can say I have always had right from when I was little is ‘musical inclination’ (sometimes called musical hearing). This means that I have an ear for music; I can easily learn things that are music-related, I can spot the flaws in a musical piece, I can easily teach music, etc. Another talent is organisation (in my writing, arrangement, speaking, etc.). Most people tell me this is a skill but I consider it a talent because it is something I came into this world with and I did not have to learn it.
As for my skills, I have generated my talent for music into skills. I play three musical instruments (the recorder, keyboard, and guitar) and I am currently learning how to play the drums. Also, I dance and write poems, stories, and songs sometimes.
With all these, I would still say my major skill is teaching. I have always loved teaching right from when I was little (as my mother would tell me). I do not stop at my love for it but I keep on trying to develop it. My mother owns a school and whenever I get the chance (holidays, breaks, strikes, etc.), I teach there and I can proudly say I am getting better at it. I have been able to find methods that help children learn better, such as, using incentives, using basic and funny analogies, encouraging them to broaden their imagination, etc.
 How I Intend to use these Talents and Skills to Solve the Problem of Poverty in my Life and Nation
Beginning with my musical inclination talent which has given birth to skills, I plan on sharing the musical knowledge I have and will acquire by having music schools (and dance schools also). I have already started that while in school here. I teach the little I know now to anyone that is interested, and there are always people who are eager to learn. As we all know, the entertainment sector is one which will not die out because we always need one form of entertainment or the other. So, I see this as a means by which I would be able to generate income in the future and in the same vein, train other people who would do same.
Coming to the area of teaching, I do not know yet if I would be interested in running a school because I know how stressful it is from the one my mother owns. But, one thing I know is that I would find a way to be able to make an impact on a number of lives through teaching. Currently, I work for someone who runs an educational website by providing tutorials to enable them prepare for their Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination and when I see comments on how helpful the tutorials were, I get this sense of fulfilment. Now, bringing it to how this can help the nation, it is obvious that illiteracy is one of the causes of poverty. Teaching is one thing I can do without even being paid and this actually one of the things that drive me to learn. I plan on giving off everything I learn to whoever I can. With this, I know I can reduce the illiteracy rate in the country, and in the same way, reduce poverty. Now, this is not a job I might be able to do alone but then, like Marian Wright Edelman would say:
“In trying to make a big difference, do not ignore the small daily differences we can make. Over time, they can add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”

NAME: ELEJERE UKAMAKA PERPETUAL
REG NUMBER: 2016/235282
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE: ECO 391 (RESEARCH METHODOLOGY)
DATE: 28/03/2019
TOPIC: GETTING OUT OF POVERTY THROUGH THE USE OF MY TALENT AND MY SKILL ACQUISITION
By God’s grace I have the talent of marketing, I can convince people to purchase my products/goods at any cost, so after schooling I will establish my own business which will help me not to wait for any white color job. At the long run I will start employing people who will still yield more income to me and it will help me to enlarge my business and create more job opportunity to people, and at last it will help me to get out of poverty.
My skill is tailoring, I can sew cloths manually, but at the end of second semester I will embark on tailoring using technological tools which will help me to sew faster than before, and this will increase my earning. At the long run I must have earned enough money which will help me to employ workers and this will also help to eliminate poverty.
I also have the interest of learning how to design using computer but now it is dormant and I believe that my next long break I will learn it, Thanks.

UGWUOKE NNEKA HAPPINESS
2016/232614
EDUCATION/ECONOMICS

The meaning of talent
A talent (or gift , or aptitude ) is the skill that someone has to do something very well that people usually like and that is difficult. It is an ability that someone is born with. People say they are "born with a talent". Someone who has talent is called talented. Talented people may have more than one talent.
My talent is singng
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality , rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist (in jazz and popular music). Singers perform music ( arias , recitatives , songs , etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments . Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument (as in art song or some jazz styles) up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera , Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues , gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock , electronic dance music and filmi (film songs).
What is skill?
A skill is the ability to carry out a task with determined results often within a given amount of time, energy, or both. … Skill usually requires certain environmental stimuli and situations to assess the level of skill being shown and used. People need a broad range of skills to contribute to a modern economy.
I have no intention to work on my talent because i will like to move into business ( buy and selling of phone acessaries). During hoildays i ususally go to business center and that was how i acquired little knownledge about business. When i grauate i would look For where to and how to acquire more effective skills in business.
After that, with the help i get from my relations and the money i have saved i would be able to start up my own business.

Name : Abel Naomi O
Department: Economics
Reg no: 2016/239715
Course: Eco391

Title: discuss the identified talent and skills you have develope. And then how do you intend to develop your talent and skill to earn money or create wealth for you and take you out of poverty

Talent is in born and the special ability of a person to do something, Talent is God gifted ability whereas skill is an ability in which you put your time and effort to develop talent is often possessed by a limited number of people.
My talent is cooking delicious meal, it's more like a passion because I find it interesting, sometimes I surf the internet to see if there are different methods to prepare a meal and also other African dishes.
My skill:
Hair making: it something I learnt during the long vacation and I plan on learning more before or after I graduate from the University.

How can I develop my skill and talent to creat wealth or money?
Gettin a job after school might or might not b difficult but depending on the situation, I would have a business of my own. I plan on opening a salon where I would train people on how to make hair which of course they will pay for the services rendered and I can also make hair for people. With my talent I can also open a mini restaurant for refreshments , where people go to eat after making hair or while waiting for a friend.
This will enable me creat wealth even without the help of a white collar job, I can also create job opportunities for people.

NAME: ESSIEN VICTORIA ADAOBI
REG.NO: 2016/236142
DEPT: ECONOMICS

ASSIGNMENTS

It was back in the year 2014 when I just concluded my secondary school Education, I was to wait for a year in order to take the jamb Examinations the next year .so instead of sitting at home been idle, I decided to Pursue catering as a skill ,although as a young girl, I have always loved to cook and try new ideas On different food , to make this dream a success, I applied for a catering class immediately, this was how I developed myself in cooking different somcious meals, baking Cakes and cupcakes, meat pie, fish pie, biscuits, making ice-cream,And so many other varieties of food. I didn't just stop at learning, I continued practicing to perfect my skills and I also Started selling meat pie, fish pie, egg roll, buns, biscuits to my neighbours around and friends with a little capital , I also visited offices and schools to advertise my self and sell to them at very affordable prices , I was really making it especially in some situations whereby some children including adults wouldn't be able to cook and eat at home because of time constraints therefore they would care well for my services ,this made very happy because in a way I was developing my community with my skills and also developing my self more than before, I would even plan for days like election days to sell to people Or any gathering at all, from there I started getting calls to events like Birthdays parties, Engagement and wedding ceremonies, matriculation, convocation ceremonies, seminars, Send off parties and so many other events.
I had a lot of opportunities to offer my services to everyone around me through my Catering skills.along the line I encountered some challenges, I starting making more losses than I made profit , For example there was a day I spent over 47,000 in preparing snacks for an upcoming seminar but later found out that the seminar was cancelled And Also 58,000 Was lost in the recent elections that was postponed , I became bankrupt like never before but I didn't let those break downs to completely break and discourage me, In a way I found my self up again with the help of my good friends, it thought me that I shouldn't Let bad situations discourage me but encourage me more so with this I decided to give my baking services a Package and brand name to make myself more known and presentable , I don't know how God did it, I had more customers than I have always had, most people appreciated my brand and patronized me a lot, they made wonderful comments about my product and services, they said I was good and I always made Every of their events Memorable for people after eating my brand which means I was not just helping my self But contributing greatly to my community.
I intend to keep my skill active and go world wide starting from Nigeria as my country , if I could sell more and raise enough capital I would build a bakery shop where everyone could come over to order without stress , I would make Sure My brand is distinguished from other brand in uniqueness, presentation, especially in been organized, I will try as much as possible to make sure it deliveries are always in order and on time, I will also give nutrition information about my product therefore every customer who patronizes my product will have good knowledge of what they are taking into their system.
By heavens grace I know my skill will take me to my great destination and take me out of poverty.

NAME: EZE STEPHEN CHIAGOZIE
REG NO: 2016/234863
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

Sometime we don’t understand the different of talent and skill. Talent is an inborn ability or natural aptitude of a person which is often hidden and needs recognition. It means, being good in a certain activity, without actually learning or acquiring it. Unlike skill, which is a learnt ability, and it can be developed in someone if he/she put his time and efforts in it. The efforts need to be voluntary, systematic and sustained, to acquire a skill and satisfactorily undertake various tasks and activities. Ever since I was little I have always love sports especially football which is actually my talent its inborn in me that I can’t stay in a day without football. For me, the skill I have developed so far is basically on computer which is graphic designs. Even if someone has talent they may still have to work very hard if they want to perform well. Some people become quite good at something even if they do not have much talent, but if they are willing to work very hard at the skill.
I in person have the gift of trying any practical skill that I come across such as liquid soap and car wash production, jik production, perfume production, buns, chin chin production and cooking food because any time I do all these things people compliment me for a work well done.
Cooking is my passion and I love feeding others, being a chef is a lucrative way for me to earn a living. This means that by offering my services for a special event that is helping cook, cater, or host some one's dinner party/get together ,wedding,: birthday . As a chef I can actually set my own prices, work for a number of clients and specialize in my own style of cooking. As a student now I can still make money by producing my local detergent like liquid soap and car wash and brand it well and sell to my fellow students and lecturers for washing of plates, bikes and cars respectively at a cheaper rate than what they can actually obtain it from the market and by producing all these,it will also help me to minimize cost that is how I spend instead of buying from the market I can actually produce it and use it myself. From the aforementioned talents backed up with my skill acquisition ability from those areas can actually make me earn a living thereby alleviating me out of poverty and also increasing my standard of living.

NAME: OHAMADIKE DEBORA ONYINYE
REG NO: 2016/233975
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

I have a fair for fashion; right from when I was little, I have always wanted to make people look good through their dressing. I always tie my mom scarf, show her the matching shoes, and hand bags to wear for outings occasions and meetings. I sew baby napkins into different things and wear them around the house. I smile when I remember all this, I just do not see “FASHION DESIGNING” as a talent it requires practice and learning to be a professional. So therefore, I will rather say that the passion one has from something, which comes from within, is the talent and the practice and the learning with respect to that is the skill.
I have a clothing brand I am working on right now I also have a website for it (www.shopdmb.com) I am using this as a starting point for what I actually want to achieve in the future so am still developing the skill. I am at the beginning/ growth stage of my business trying to create brand awareness, build trust in people.
To use this skill as a wealth creation; actually I have already started making money using this skill through the sales of my products on my website. I have an Instagram and Facebook page too. I advertise my products on this social media platforms and this is one of the best means of making one’s business feasible to people all over the world, you can as well get lots of customers from social media platforms. For the medium term I plan to eradicate poverty for myself and my family and also increase economic growth by using the money I get from the business for the provision of basic needs for myself and my family, this helps to improve the state of economy in our country because more money is pushed into the economy for growth.
For the long term, economic development is a long-term state of an economy, it is achieved overtime and so, accumulation of wealth from your skill can be used for investment and this plays a huge role in developing the economic state of our country.

NAME: OKONKWO BLESSING CHIOMA
REG NO: 2016/235386
DEPARTMENT:ECONOMICS
COURSE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS I
TOPIC:
WRITE AN ESSAY ABOUT YOUR TALENT AND SKILL. HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILL TO CREAT WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN NOW TO FIVE YEARS?

AN ESSAY ABOUT MY TALENT AND SKILL
DEFINITION OF TALENT AND SKILL
A talent can be define as someone who has a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught. Talent is a natural ability to do something well.
A skill is define as an ability and capacity acquired through deliberate, systematic and sustained effort to smoothly and adaptively carry out complex activities or job functions involving ideals, things and/or people. A skill is also an ability to use one's knowledge effectively and readily in execution of performance.
WHAT ARE MY TALENT AND SKILL?
MY TALENT: MARKETING AND ADVERTISING
Marketing can be define as the activity, set of institution and processing of creating, communicating, delivering and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners and society at large. It is also a management process through which goods and services move from one concept to the customer. Advertising on the other hand can be defined as a marketing tactic involving paying for space to promote a product, service or cause. The actual promotional messages are called advertisement, or ads for short. The goal of advertising is to reach people most likely to be willing to pay for a company's products or services and entice them to buy. From the above definition of marketing and advertising, looking at my talent, I think I discovered it when I was younger, and that's the reason i said that marketing and advertising has fall under it because I know how to do those two very well by trying to convince people to understand the usefulness and value of the product they want to purchase. I started at a little age to do that which was when I was small, I always to follow my parents to their market place. I always come to my parents' shop after school to help them in their market because my both parents are traders they sell motor spare parts in Abia state and by so doing, I discovered that I was very good at that. Even up till this stage, whenever I travel back home for holidays i do go to stay in the place where they opened their branch in Abia state. I been doing research on modern marketing skills because to be a good marketer you never stop learning .there are many information online, many renowned marketers are actively blogging, tweeting on the latest data and information. LinkedIn is another powerful tool for acquiring marketing. Use of customer data to make decisions. When you market your product customers indirectly or directly give you a hint on what they want and how well they need you to serve them. So it is my job as a good marketer to identify those hint and put it into work. So that I get a positive turn out. I would use technology to improve my marketing skills. You need to use applications as a business user commonly used technologies include email marketing, marketing analytics and marketing automation.
Successful marketers use schedule and project plans to ensure they complete their work in a timely fashion

NAME:OKAFOR PETER CHIEBUKA
REG NO:2016/240834
DEPARTMENT : ECONOMIC
COURSE CODE : ECO 361
COURSE TITLE : DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC
ASSIGNMENT
WRITE DOWN YOUR TALENT AND THE SKILLS YOU HAVE DEVELOPED? HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND YOUR SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY BETWEEN MEDIUM TERM AND LONG TERM.

A talent can be seen as a special natural ability or aptitude while A skill is the ability to do something well,expertise. MY TALENT can be seen as THE ACT OF MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH (COMEDIAN) while MY SKILL IS BASED ON BASKETBALL.
Talking based on my talent which is being a comedian .this started a long time ago practically when I was a child. I had the act of making people laugh maybe through my body act or cracking people up through jokes (this is the basic aspect) .it has been a part of me and people tend to find favour in me through this. A time I get money,gift and other things for just putting a smile on people face cause in this life everyone is meant to b happy.
Based on my skill which is basket balling since I was a kid I really found favour in most people who play basketball. So growing up I looked for opportunities to practice and learn basket ballin g which worked out through the help of my parents and friends .with them I know I have gone a long way in being really good at basketball and stile have bigger plans for my self through basketball.
Looking at the medium term which is in five year time.I am looking at using my talent and entering into big time comedy .through performing in shows and making people laugh which I will get paid for and also trying to organise my own shows which will also help me alleviate from poverty and start fending for my self.
Also,based on the long term ,looking at in ten years time. Am looking at perfecting my basketball skills ,training and more about it as I continue my education . there after when am dome with my education. Am looking forward on going to aboard where I can actualize my dream of being a basketballer and getting paid for it. There by .making it part of my career.
Through all this I can actually be an economist, a comedian and also a basketball in the UK ( united kingdom) and fend for my self and family there after
Thanks you

NAME: : CHUKWUKA EUNICE ERINMA
REG NO: 2016/234843
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
NAME OF LECTURER: DR. TONY ORJI
MY TALENT/SKILL AND HOW I HOPE TO USE IT TO CREATE WEALTH AND DEVELOP THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (SHORT TERM) AS WELL AS WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS (LONG TERM).

MY TALENT AND HOW I INTEND TO MAKE MONEY INCOME WITH IT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

By the special grace of God, over the years I have had a deep interest in things regarding music and fictional writing. At times, I would sit alone and compose songs which are mainly to glorify God and I would also busy myself by writing stories, with this I can easily say that by talents include; composing songs, singing and making up fictional stories all to the glory of God.

And how I intend to produce income with these talents of mine by the special grace of God, well currently, I am part of a forum for young aspiring writers called Project Nigeria Book club. The main objective of this forum is to help upcoming and aspiring writers to meet their full potential, they provide various publishing contracts to help us, the aspiring writers as well as lectures in which they lecture us on how to make our writing better and by Gods grace, I have submitted my first manuscript to a publishing site.
As for my singing, I have produced two songs from last year to now and I am currently working on promoting them. I can’t say I have a plan for the next five years, all I can say is that I have a plan now and I’m working towards it and I really hope and pray to God everyday that all my efforts would not be in vain.

Thank you sir, for this opportunity.

2016/234964
NWEKE EZEKIEL GIDEON
ECONOMICS
300L
ECO 361
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
BY DR. TONY ORJI
DISCUSS YOUR TALENT AND THE SKILLS YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEVELOP YOUR TALENT AND SKILLS TO CREATE WEALTH FOR YOU AND TO TAKE YOU OUT OF POVERTY IN THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM.
DISCUSSION
A talent is something we do naturally. Think back to your childhood. What did you just love to do? What did you do that required little thought?
A skill is something that we learn. Skills are developed. You might attend training to learn a skill. You can master a skill such that it appears to be a talent.
Every person possesses certain skills and talent that makes us different from others. We often use the term talent and skill interchangeably, without knowing the fact that these are different from one another. Talent is an inborn ability. It means, being good, in a certain activity, without, actually learning our acquiring it. Unlike talent, skills are learnt abilities, and they can be developed in some one if he or she puts his or her time and effort in it.
MY TALENT
I am a singer. And I would like to tell you a personal story about myself. I grew up in a secondary school environment in eastern Nigeria. My mother said that I started singing at the age of three, although I think five is probably close to the truth. So I was an early singer, and what I sang were rap songs.
I was also an early song writer, and when I began to write, at about the age of ten, songs in pencil that my mother was obliged to read, I wrote exactly the kinds of songs I was singing. I have always desired to be a singer and a song writer in future, in the entertainment industry.
I have written about 40 rap songs, I sold two of my songs to a well-known singer and also a song-writer in Lagos. After going through my work, he told me how talented I was, he encouraged me to keep moving and that I will go far in life. In the next two months, I will be singing my new song (7177 LED, THE DANGER OF THE SINGLE STORY) with the little money I saved from my song-writing.
MY SKILLS
I am skilled programmer. Before I got admission into the university, I decided to learn programming for a year and eight months. I was so determined to acquire this skills, though it wasn’t easy but God Almighty has been faithful. Now I am almost at expert level.
I intend to develop my song writing talent by dealing with the original and fanatic concepts, being able to understand the structure within sequences and also to develop a realistic situation. With all these, in the next four to seven years, I might be seen as a global rap artist in the entertainment industry. I am determined to devote time to sing more songs and write more songs which will make me well to do. When I graduate, I will open a very big computer training school, I will modernize it to a high level, and employ workers in order to render a perfect service to my customers and to create wealth and opt out of poverty.
This is all because “To whom much is given, much is expected”.

NAME: ODEKE SAMSON NNANYELUGO
REG. NO. : 2016/237837
DEPARTMENT: ECONOMICS
COURSE TITLE: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
COURSE CODE: ECO 361
LEVEL: 300L
DATE: 20/3/2019

ASSIGNMENT: Discuss your talent and the skill you have acquired. How you intend to develop your talent and your skills to create wealth for you and take you out of poverty.

My talent as a matter of fact, I am yet to discover my talent though I have developed couple of skills within the past few years.
• The skill of Dstv, startimes etc decoder installations and
• The skill of painting (housing).

During my younger ages, I was still learning the skill of decoder installation before I then got admitted into the higher institutions. Meanwhile, it constrained and retarded my continuity with the work because of the distance of my school from my master whom am still learning from. I hoped to continue during breaks but my master relocated. I then started going for painting work with my friend who has already developed the skill from his father. So I now developed more on painting as I had much time to learn and get used to it.
I developed from involving only in domestic painting to industrial painting, where more work and expertise is required and most importantly, I want to develop more on production of the paint itself as well as painting which would create more income and wealth and hence help in solving my basic needs and wants which will alleviate poverty in my live.

Name: Chukwu Confidence Chizaram
Reg No:2016/239719
Level: 300L
Eco361( Development Economics)
My talent and Skills and How I intend to use the to create wealth within the short and long-term.
What I consider to be my talent is teaching, it is what I have passion for. My skills however include dressmaking, latch hook(rug making), tapestry,cross stitch.
Since I love to teach others, share my knowledge and experiences with them and watch them become the best they can be I think the best way to do this while earning my keep is to open an arts and crafts academy are institution or school. People who are interested in learning will then enroll and develop themselves while I earn my income.
Also, taking time into consideration, people will probably not have all day to learn so I think that it would be best to fix the classes at each individual's convenience such that each person would decide when is convenient for them. Also, online classes will be part of the curriculum for those who do not have time or who live too far away to make it the the academy.
Children's classes also for children who parents want to engage their children during the summer holidays when school is not in session. This will bring in extra income and also help develop children who will be useful for the up-building of the country through generation of revenue.

I discovered my talent at the age of 15 when I was in secondary school. I was asked to play a role on a stage as a father of eight girls and a boy. I am proud to say my special gifted talent is acting in the field of comedy and painting
My skills
After I discovered my talent I also got to know that I had passion for photography and videos coverage, already I am a member of media crew in Anglican dioceses of Nsukka. I joined the group because I believe that apart from my little knowledge and handling cameras I still have a lot to learn from my team.
How I can create wealth and get out of poverty with these talent and skills
First and foremost I will have to seek GOD Almighty.
According to jubilee s pen: she stated that you should try to impress people with your talent and skills and not yourself. You can't put food on your table if people are not amazed with what you are doing.
Photography is much more than the little pictures we use to capture with our mobile phones and micro cameras. Photography is much more than snapping pictures after all everyone can take pictures. But beyond taking just ordinary pictures, Photography is an Art! And I believe I have my own unique way of taking picture and designing picture that is difference from others.
There are Three different ways in my own opinion i can work as a photographer and any one of them is very viable. If I can combine all the three, that would be even better. I will embrace the whole aspects of Photography and see how it goes.
The three categories of photography.
Studio Photographer – The way studio photographer works is Open a studio and equip it with all the studio gadgets, then wait for customers to come for photo shoot or portraiture. Types of people that patronizes photo studios includes Models, Customers who wants to take personal photos, and those that needs passport photographs.

Name: Edeh Nneoma Jesinta
Reg no: 2016/231486
Course code:ECO 361
An assignment submitted in partial fufilment of the course ECO 361(Development Economics I)
Topic: How my talent and skill will bring money for me in both short and long terms.
WRITING:
I was in SSS3 when I started writing again. It was different from all the Simbi's wicked mother tales I was accustomed to.
Fast forward to gaining admission and becoming more active on social media, I discovered blogging. I started nnewrites.blogspot.com in 2016 even before the University demanded that we all get blogs.
Writing has been an avenue to pour out my heart and recently, a means to make a living. The world is evolving every minute, social media is gaining ground and companies have been on the lookout for content creators and writers.
Writing has been able to bring in little cash, because I offer services such as content creation and creative writing for brands looking to garner customers. Through the art of story telling, customers have gotten interested in what a brand has to offer. In that way, writing as a talent is bringing in cash for me.
LONG TERM WEALTH FOR WRITING:
I hope to own a personal and lifestyle magazine/blog in a few years. It will be an avenue to keep lending my voice to societal issues, bringing in profit to me through sales of the magazine and brand collaborations, and also create employment opportunities because one person alone cannot produce a magazine. So, these are all the ways writing can create wealth for me.
EDITING AND CREATING GRAPHICS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA:
I like to edit landscape and natural pictures, and of recent I've started looking into retouching potraits. Now editing can bring me money in the short term because I teach people how to edit for just a little money, and also selling presets that I've developed can bring in a little wealth.
In developing long term wealth, I don't exactly see myself as becoming a full time photographer, but I can definitely get into product photography for brands and get paid for it.
As for graphics, am not a full fledged designer, but I can create visual content for social media pages and small designs for social media pages ( I create all graphics and designs I use for my blog and social media pages) and blogs and I can get paid to do that, hence short term wealth creation.