Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described the Igbo apprenticeship model as a good way of building wealth among people.

Osinbajo spoke virtually from Abuja to participants of a national summit in Awka, convened to understudy the model, which is said to have produced several millionaires.
Speaking on the model which is popularly known as ‘Igba boi’ in Igbo language, Osinbajo harped on the need to encourage the scheme to ensure continuation.

“The Igbo apprenticeship scheme ‘Igba boi’ has become the most popular indigenous Nigerian economic institution, globally recognised as the world’s largest business incubator.

The scheme has the full potential to do for the Nigerian economy what similar apprenticeship schemes have done in many parts of the world especially in Germany and India.

“I commend the organisers of the event, and I’m hopeful that the summit will improve the growth and possibilities for the Igbo apprenticeship scheme.”

While speaking on the theme: ‘Repositioning The Igbo Apprenticeship Scheme For Sustainable Economic Development’, the Keynote speaker and Chairman, United Nigeria Airlines, Dr. Obiora Okonkwo recommended that the scheme should be institutionalised.

Okonkwo attributed his success in life to Igbo apprenticeship scheme which he said he engaged in during the early days of his life at Onitsha Main Market, Onitsha, Anambra State.
“I am sure some of you may have been wondering why I was chosen to deliver the keynote at this event. The simple answer is that the apprenticeship scheme and the Onitsha Main Market hold a very special place in my heart as that was where I had my first stint in business.

The National Summit on Igbo Apprenticeship Scheme was organised by Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) in collaboration with the Awka Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, AWKACCIMA, in Awka.

olamidedivotee:
This is the only man that can lead Nigeria reasonably.

Sentiment aside.

SlyDev:
Every tribe have apprenticeships system that works, they are not just as loud as igbos, every things you boast of others have done it before

olamidedivotee:
This is the only man that can lead Nigeria reasonably.

Sentiment aside.

jumobi1:


It’s a Yoruba man boasting of it though.

GooodHardDick:
Osinbajo is a complete failure just like buhari.

All he does is to drop motivational quotes here and there, no actions, nothing nothing at all. Just dropping motivational quotes everywhere he goes! What a failure!

horsepower102:
It’s the economic model that brought a lot of Igbos out of poverty after the devastating civil war.

When IBB came to Onitsha in the late 80s, he was shocked that the same city that was leveled to the ground has been reconstructed by Igbo entrepreneurs. There was very few signs of war.

horsepower102:
The Apprenticeship system has done wonders for Ndigbo but I think it’s time to modernize and expand it into non traditional areas.

It should be modernized by making it a legal contractual agreement between owner and apprentice. An escrow account for the apprentice should be started once commitment has been made. The owner will contribute to the account according to agreed stipulations.

It’s should be expanded into vocational areas and not just trade. People can learn different trade skills and get a government recognized apprenticeship certificate after their apprenticeship training.

LLiKYekoba:


Will the government also pay the master who feeds and clothes the boy?

LILTJAY1:
And they have the lowest internet penetration rate coupled with famine that will soon hit Enugu and Abia state?

LeoDeKing:
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Pls mention one igbo man, just one, that has attained the enviable height of PYO in anything human beings desire.

SlyDev:


There is what is called eye service, it is only your people that fail to understand, America use this all the time, hausa, Yoruba use it

It is a tactic predators use to keep prey in line till they are useful for them

LILTJAY1:
And they have the lowest internet penetration rate coupled with famine that will soon hit Enugu and Abia state?

LeoDeKing:
I agree with PYO on this.

Apprentice students of Evans are super billionaires.

LILTJAY1:
And they have the lowest internet penetration rate coupled with famine that will soon hit Enugu and Abia state?

Sergio104:


Stale.
Yolloba man show us your own apprenticeship system and we gonna praise that.

Or do you have people you are training in skull mining??

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When men are busy making money you guys are busy spending propaganda via Internet, see the effects in your region

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