Movable Artifacts in Akwa Ibom State and National Development

Artifacts are works of arts produced by indigenous people for a usable aim in daily chores. Quite a number  of them are immovable whereas a greater number are movable for commercial purposes to meet their  functional obligations as small and medium scale enterprise or informal sector carried out by indigenous  people which contributed to national development. However, the inability of the government to effectively  harness and support the potentials of these entrepreneurs and link them to the real sector has continued to  foster poverty and undermine the potentials of economic growth that is inherent in this sector. The objective  of the study was to examine the importance of movable artifacts as produced and understood by indigenous  people, access its relevance to national development. The phenomenology method was employed in the  study. It was concluded from the findings that indigenous artists were proven entrepreneurs in the society  that contributed immensely to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the state and Nigeria. There is need for  support and encouragement for such individual entrepreneurs by individuals, corporate bodies and  government at all levels.

Keywords: Artifacts, Entrepreneur, GDP, Moveable.