1.3Â Â Â Objective of the Study
The central objective of the study is to examine the impact of small and medium scale enterprises development on youth empowerment in Kaduna Metropolis. The specific objectives are:
1.4Â Â Â Research Questions
In order to affectively investigate the problem of this research, the researcher formulated the following research questions:
How sufficient is youth empowerment through SMEs development initiative in Kaduna Metropolis?
1.5 Statement of hypothesis
In order to confirm the impact of SMEs development on youth empowernment in kaduna metropolis and fully appreciate their respective relevant significance, the following hypotheses is   postulated:
H0: There is no significance relationship between SMEs development and youth empowerment in Kaduna metropolis.
H1: There is significant relationship between SMEs development and youth empowerment in Kaduna metropolis.
1.6Â Â Â Significance of the study
The study will be beneficial to entrepreneurship development; as such Kaduna state government can utilize the findings of the research as a basis for policy formulation as regard entrepreneurship development.
The study will also contribute to the existing knowledge on entrepreneurship development.
It is also worthy to note that the study can be use as a basis for further research, as the research can be use as a spring board for further research as well as a good reference material to students undertaking similar research.
1.8Â Â Â Â Scope of the study
The study covers an empirical examination of the effect of small and medium scale development on youth empowerment in kaduna metropolis. The study also identifies the practical approaches use in developing entrepreneurship as well as the problems militating against entrepreneurship development. The study is limited to Kaduna metropolis.
The study covers a time from 2006 â€" 2011.
1.7Â Â Â Limitation of the study
The study is limited to Kaduna metropolis, as it will be difficult to cover other part of the state due to the duration of this study.
For the fact that a survey study was used as the research design as well as the questionnaire as the research instrument, it is not certain if the same result would be obtained if other designs and instruments were used. Besides, another limitation is that the respondents could have either over exaggerated or understate their responses while scoring the items in the questionnaire. Also the nonchalant attitude of some of the respondents could affect the validity of their response to the questionnaire. This limitation should be taking cognizance of other researches conducting similar studies.
1.9Â Â Â Definition of terms
-       Entrepreneurship: is an innovative act, which includes endowing existing resources for new wealth â€" producing capacity (Afonja, B. 1999).
-       Entrepreneur: An individual that identifies develops and brings vision to life under â€" condition of risk and a considerable uncertainty (Bashar, O. 2005)
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Entrepreneurial Characteristic: These are traits that make an individual an entrepreneur (Tonga, R. 2009).
-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Business Performance: The success or failure of an enterprise (Tonga, R. 2009).