Mentorship seems to be hard to get in Nigeria. Perhaps because the prospective mentors think the mentees will push them out of the business, or for some other reasons. For some, they feel the mentee will know their secrets and become competition.

But for sure, this is not helping the Nigerian economy because no matter how much ground you think you're holding, there'll still be much left uncovered; either due to your limited resources in funds, or space. So, people should be proud to point at other people and say: "I mentored that guy, and now he's doing great".

I learnt one thing once in a ICCC business meeting in PH. A lady delivering a talk on fish farming said one striking thing, and I believed her. She said "some people when teaching others hide information. They feel they should hide some information in order to still be ahead. I don't think so. A christian shouldn't do so. I give everything. When I give everything, I feel empty and I go searching and researching to learn more and become better."

Even if your mentee becomes competition, competition makes us work smarter than we would ordinarily. Sometimes too, we even learn from the people we teach. When they see we have given all and have been blessed by the information, they desire to give back with any information they have out of gratitude. Or to bless us back in some ways. That mentee may have an information he doesn't need but will make you a millionaire.

Many are quick to demand for money, and yet not deliver. They take the mentee to a lonely path and abandon him. Quite sad.
Just my observation.

Sad that this is so but the mentors are the greatest losers. 1. Loss of reputation as a mentor 2. Loss of continuity

Very true, especially with our importation gurus! May God help us.

So true and maybe because of I want to be rich alone and oppress others syndrome. Many young minds with great business ideas but no one to even put you through not to even talk of sharing it with. I pray God help us. You can't even walk in to some organizations just to speak with someone to put you through.

Nigerians be like "so you want me to leak my secrets to you?".