₦airaland Forum

delishpot:
Because you said maltreating booi booi is part of training. They are already under you. They wake up and work for you from dusk to dawn. If that isnt pain enough I wonder what is. Why be mean to them ontop of it? I have seen cases where the poor kids are locked out, starved, beaten and yelled at. Why all that wickedness. That poster that I quoted, his parents are reaping the reward of their kindness, did their apprentice not gain without the extra pain?
Abegi dont give wickedness a sweet name.

Gamechanger:
Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam

doveda:
I asked you a question. I am sorry if it sounded like an insult

Who do you think founded Google? Facebook? Etc

You are very ignorant and you are trying too hard to sound smart and logical but you are not

doveda:
You are really stupid!!!

Who do you think are the founders of some of the FTSE 500? Your father?

By force by fire, you must defend the indefensible.

doveda:
Ehn...what stupid headcount?. More money my ass!!!

I think I know what you mean. In fact no yourba would deny the fact that you own 80% of Nigerian properties and SMEs because of your numerous shops . Oh! I think I know why all Eastern states look like Paris

You are a fool to think you can tell me how to structure my argument. They just can't do without chest-beating unnecessarily yet they wonder why other ethnic groups do not like them



Why don't you take your head that is far up your ass and COMPREHEND. Trading or apprenticeship is not new nor special and you cannot base your success on your ability to chest-beat!!!



Keep kidding yourself ehn

Clowns!!!

doveda:
I'm doveda I'm stupid and silly, I want to choke on igbo matter please help me!

omonnakoda:
my name is omonnakoda I'm an idiotic brownie, dirty pig from South West, I need serious help!!

doveda:
;DD
Chest-beater

omonnakoda:
Your mother certainly was delivering rubbish when she birthed you. Go and learn some manners,baboon!!

doveda:
Hehehe
You don't deserve my reply
Keep deceiving yourself

Mbediogu:
Apprenticeship in Igbo culture has a part that
comprises 'igba ndu' or covenanting. The apprentice or 'nwanga' by that becomes more or less family member rather than 'odibo' or paid or hired hand. He shares in the fortunes
of the home.
The relationship becomes even more binding after. I rented a house from a buildn material seller who was helped in the build by his master of over 10 yrs ago. We had to wait for
months before his oga came to receive and bless the first rent. The boy respects his oga more than his father, and the oga cannot do
anything without theo boy's imput despite
his many grown sons. One lives in PortHarcour while the other lives in Lagos.

amazingspiderma:
Patrick please I only asked you for facts.If you don't have,be noble enough to admit it.
No need to deflect the question.



Here is facts for you.
There is no single manufacturing company in Owerri and Ebonyi.In Enugu only AMA Eke.In Abia only Golden guniea brewery and a few local companies in Aba like JC Udeagbala and some soap making companies,that is if it still exist.Aba also has cloth,bags and shoe manufacturing.In Onitsha IBB,Ibeto,Innosson are the main industries as at 2010.
Where are they on the national leaugue of companies.I once visited a client from the East,he had a plant that manufactures Soya milk in South Korea.He sends the finished product back home to sell in Nigeria.
The Igbos should be the first region to benefit from any industrial indigienization policies in Nigeria.But if there is no structure,there is no way it can fulfil that goal.
My point is the Igbo business model is still the 70's model.Like I said,this apprenticeship model is restricted to kith and kin.There is so much more beyound the walls of ethinicity.If you doubt,take a look at Dangote.
It is not an insult,it is a fact.
Let's learnt to face facts.

doveda:
If you considered Nigeria as one, you should join and hands with me to condemn the author of this article. Clearly, he is ignorant of ethnic groups' practices outside his own. As we all know it is commonplace for Igbos to remind us about how successful they are especially in the world of business which to be sincere baffles me because sincerely I still cannot figure out the correlation between Igbos and business. It makes me wonder whether it is because you consider it a new thing or something. And if you were to be sincere with yourself, you can't deny that they you deal mainly in substandard products.

Trading, apprenticeship, travelling far and wide in the interests of commerce IS NOT NEW.

Are we not talking about the same Iyalojas and Babalojas who send their wards to 1.5 mill/session secondary schools in Yorubaland or to private universities in Nigeria

Maybe if you stopped trying to differentiate yourself from other ethnic groups, you might start seeing other people in a new light and humble yourself to your weaknesses.

Till then!

Davidifeanyi:
Yes..it happens.
But those expelled boys can survive with virtually any amount of money/resources at their disposal because they know the secret of the business combined with discipline.
Again, they can easily get helps from relatives, shopmates, customers and dealer/suppliers who see him as a humble, trustworthy and hardworking boy. Those dealers normally give them any amount of goods they need on credit only for them to return the money after selling.
Lastly, the smart ones can make savings from the goods they sell for their Master without touching or stealling their Master's capital or profit......I mean you can be a millionaire while still serving your Boss ''I dont mean stealling ooo!''...IGBO Boyz here knows what I mean...apriko things sha...haha.
If Oga say make u sell am 20k....you just say yes Sir! The next thing is if im comot u sell am 30k or 25k....luckily u may sell 15, 30 or even 50pieces per day...d whole money weh dey ontop the 20k na ur own joor. Calculate am...but if you Boss catch you,,,na you go suffer oo! Some can even be almost as rich as their Boss becos He pays d whole bills from His profits while those boys pays nothing and they dont usually have time to go out to squander the chuwa-chuwa or apriko. Note, not in all cases.
The one I know saved upto 30mill...I mean cool 30milly under his Boss. after his settlement, built a hotel in Enugu town and sent about 10 boys abroad. If you see him inside His Rang Rover, you wont believe that He is the owner ..haha

Davidifeanyi:
Yes..it happens.
But those expelled boys can survive with virtually any amount of money/resources at their disposal because they know the secret of the business combined with discipline.
Again, they can easily get helps from relatives, shopmates, customers and dealer/suppliers who see him as a humble, trustworthy and hardworking boy. Those dealers normally give them any amount of goods they need on credit only for them to return the money after selling.
Lastly, the smart ones can make savings from the goods they sell for their Master without touching or stealling their Master's capital or profit......I mean you can be a millionaire while still serving your Boss ''I dont mean stealling ooo!''...IGBO Boyz here knows what I mean...apriko things sha...haha.
If Oga say make u sell am 20k....you just say yes Sir! The next thing is if im comot u sell am 30k or 25k....luckily u may sell 15, 30 or even 50pieces per day...d whole money weh dey ontop the 20k na ur own joor. Calculate am...but if you Boss catch you,,,na you go suffer oo! Some can even be almost as rich as their Boss becos He pays d whole bills from His profits while those boys pays nothing and they dont usually have time to go out to squander the chuwa-chuwa or apriko. Note, not in all cases.
The one I know saved upto 30mill...I mean cool 30milly under his Boss. after his settlement, built a hotel in Enugu town and sent about 10 boys abroad. If you see him inside His Rang Rover, you wont believe that He is the owner ..haha

amazingspiderma:
Please name a few,I would love to update my knowledge.

doveda:
What more money?
What is the big deal about a scheme that as been in existence for like forever?
Ehat is so special about recovery from civil war especially where there are jobs, government aids FG allocations etc?

This article make it seem like it is some information very special. alaabegi go siddon somewhere

amazingspiderma:
Like you rightly said,the igbos have to innovate,by translating wealth in trading into manufacturing.They are stuck with the old formula.
Secondly,they very rich among them need to employ special advicers,like lawyers, and accomplished manager to help improve their businesses in areas such administration,acquisition and mergers.
Thirdly,with all the riches in the East,they are so few companies that are in that are trading in the stock exchange.
Lastly,the sucessive wealth of the igbo does not usually cross over to the next generation unlike other regions in Nigeria,as the pioneers of business have poor/insufficient succession planning in place.
Most of the apprentices have to be members of their family or kindred.There are igbos,that will not train someoneelse unless his is one of them.This might be a way of securing wealth,but it limits the pool of human potential and network.
The weakness of this model is that everyone has to invent his/her own success.This is a major issue.

smoothpapuzy:
This of you that stay in Woji porthcourt. You would know that supermarket that is opp nvigwe jxn. One of the boys that work there was settled 2years ago and if you see his shop now. He has his shop at unipprt area and is doing so well. Now has a car and was telling me he would soon get a wife.
I was so happy for him. This was someone without hope but after serving his master for 7year, his dreams are becoming true. However, some boys are not so fortunate, their masters start cooking up stories to let them leave after they have served a couple of year. All in all, in time of great need, we Igbo offered that helping hand.