gwafaeziokwu:


Biko any tribe that want to do apprenticeship with us should write a long application letter and submit to the nearest 2 by 2 shop closest to him.

It will be deliberated upon in the next Umunna meeting.

Gwazie ndi yard unu!

Prosperchuks1344:


hehehehehe

thebosstrevor1:


Don't hype the apprenticeship, many are not paid after apprenticeship.

Present youths in the big cities like lagos cant do apprenticeship, they are not patient.

Igbo apprenticeship takes like 10 years to complete, how many people in the big cities can do that when ordinary 4 years university they can't complete.

cbrezy:
Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu has stirred up a debate on Twitter after sharing her opinion that the Igbo apprenticeship system have contributed to why many people from other tribes resent Igbos.

It is given that the age long Igbo apprenticeship system has produced a lot of multimillionaires of Igbo extraction to the wonder of many from other tribes.

The Igbo apprenticeship system allows a businessman take a young person to learn about his business and eventually get settled (given start-up capital) after an agreed period of time, which usually lasts between 5 to 7 years. During the service period, the younger person (servant) serves the businessman (master) while learning the business.

The Igbos have used the system to build themselves and relatives into renowned business men and women even where apprentices have little, or no formal education.

A Twitter user had said: “The Igbo’s apprenticeship program is the only ‘MBA’ class in the world that teaches the real intricacies of running a business, the practical application of SWOT and PESTEL analysis. And when you graduate, they’ll give you seed capital to start the business. A system that works.”
In replying the tweet, Aisha Yesufu pointed out that “The Igbo apprenticeship is an amazing system and the reason Igbos are great in business.”

However, she went on to say that “Everything has it’s advantage and disadvantage and that same system has also portrayed Igbos as clannish people who only employ their own people and never assimilate”

Her tweets opened up a debate as she went on to state that the apprenticeship system have contributed to Igbos been resented the same way Jews are resented.

She went on; “These are my opinions and thoughts over the years and I might be completely wrong but this is how I see it.

“There is a need to take a deliberate look at the Igbo apprenticeship system & begin to look at ways of inclusion. It can start with 5% inclusion of others. When you always go to your village to bring those that will work for you how do you expect the people where you are to feel?

“Just like the Jews, Igbos are resented & I have always wondered why? Is it because they are successful and can achieve anything from nothing? Is it the resilience? I concluded it is because it seems no matter how long they stay with you or you with them you are never one in biz

“A situation where as a business person you only employ your people via the apprenticeship model & no matter how long you stay in a place you never employ the indigenes there except to load and off load. there will be resentment. More if it is not one off experience but the norm

“The Jews too have that trait. Family businesses. Helping each other grow in business and capacity to gang up(if na one naira na one naira) on business issues are common traits shared by both Igbos and Jews. The others feel like outsiders not allowed to share in the goodness

“Systems are to be looked at and upgraded from time to time. It is also important to look at how things are perceived by others. You don’t have to change but just know this is how this action is seen by others

“In all the riots I witnessed as a child, I always say it is more economical than religion. Host community usually think it is the others that kept them impoverished. They feel those monies would have been theirs if these people weren’t there. People don’t blame their lazy selves.

Bkayyy:
Everywhere in the lips of Nigerians is Igbo, Igbo, Igbo, Igbo.
"if they are not talking about you that means you are worthless"
"And if they are not hating, that means you are not doing it right"
Mehn it's not easy to be an Igbo person.
If you are Igbo, celebrate being born an Igbo every Sunday because you defeated more than 7.3 Billion people in this world to be born into this beautiful tribe.
You are a hero/heroine just to be born an Igbo.

Prosperchuks1344:
If IGBO na product/goods e go dey move market pass anything... hehehehehe

I know one hausa guy at idumota market that served his Igbo master for 7-8yrs, his boss settled him 2yrs ago, during his settlement his boss gave him one of his shops filled with goods and gave him cash too....

we all love him coz he is humble and he always claim that he is Igbo though we all know he is not, he speaks Igbo very well...
after his settlement, his boss allowed him to stay with him for almost 1yr b4 the guy decided to move out to rent his own apartment at orile...

he is doing really well and I believe in the next 5 to 6yrs he will be a rich man just like other Igbos that has gone through the system, that's the power of Igbo Apprenticeship...

If you hate us, we return the hate.....
if you love us, we return the love..

lascos912:
all this on Yoruba land?

if we ate you, you wouldn't have make any success here

lascos912:
all this on Yoruba land?
if we ate you, you wouldn't have make any success here

Prosperchuks1344:


I hear you sire, hehehehehe..

And what stops you from been successful in your state?
discuss!

gwafaeziokwu:


Biko any tribe that want to do apprenticeship with us should write a long application letter and submit to the nearest 2 by 2 shop closest to him.

It will be deliberated upon in the next Umunna meeting.

Gwazie ndi yard unu!

Newbreed2018:
Umu Chukwu Goziri Agozi.

IGBO AMAKA!

Biko, nyetu nu Ndi ofe mmanu ofe oha anyi ka fa ratu.
Ndi akpiri ogologo!

See them begging for igbo oha soup at the detriment of their liquid and hydraulic soup

Newbreed2018:
Umu Chukwu Goziri Agozi.

IGBO AMAKA!

Biko, nyetu nu Ndi ofe mmanu ofe oha anyi ka fa ratu.
Ndi akpiri ogologo!

See them begging for igbo oha soup at the detriment of their liquid and hydraulic soup

femi4:
That's the truth. The apprenticeship system must be done away with

femi4:
That's the truth. The apprenticeship system must be done away with

Prosperchuks1344:


I hear you sire, hehehehehe..

And what stops you from been successful in your state?
discuss!

Prosperchuks1344:


I hear you sire, hehehehehe..

And what stops you from been successful in your state?
discuss!

GBOKASINCHA:
hah re you from ogun state

lascos912:
not everybody are successful and is not possible for everyone to be successful,I know many of igbos here too struggling looking for way to survive

horsepower102:


Yes she is right in that aspect but did igbos stop others from doing the same?

It’s not igbos people’s fault that they come to your land and take advantage of the opportunities available while you sit your ass down waiting for government.

Then tomorrow you tell your children that they are poor because of igbos.

bigpriik:
So igbo obsession don reach Twitter too h mmmm...

ayzTIGER:
Last 50 years they were screaming Igbo domination in affairs of the country, Igbos left politics for them and minded their business now their problem is Igbo apprenticeship. A system borne out Igbo personal money and struggle. Before you know it they'd task Igbos to start carrying the whole country along for apprenticeship based on quota system.

femi4:
That's the truth. The apprenticeship system must be done away with

slivertongue:
Her opinion.


but isn't she right about the etnnic centric nature of their apprenticeship system

Cjrane2:


If Igbos take a 10 year old Fulani boy to sleep in their shop and serve them as a houseboy for 7 or 8 years, and ONLY paid at the end of 8 years (based on the amount the master wants to give and not anything mandatory), Igbos will be called the worst child abusers and exploiters of Fulani labor in the world.

The ONLY reason this Aisha thinks it's easy to serve someone without pay or promise of a fixed amount of money at the end of 8 years service is that those who have chosen to humbly serve someone for 8 years without pay are fellow Igbos. Who you in any case see their success after 20 years of toil, without people like Aisha looking back to see what they suffered in the past 19 years!

Unlike Igbo business men that empower those that served them, the Fulani herders that rear cattle for rich Fulani men for 20 years aren't even rewarded with even 2 cows to start their own cattle herd. They are entrapped as slaves forever to rear cattle for rich Fulanis without any empowerment to start their own business.

These are some of the reasons Nigeria must break up because the people are so different in mindset and so suspicious of eachother.

gwafaeziokwu:




Meaning every body should just calm down and let those who are ready to make the sacrifice continue with their time tested model.

Cjrane2:


If Igbos take a 10 year old Fulani boy to sleep in their shop and serve them as a houseboy for 7 or 8 years, and ONLY paid at the end of 8 years (based on the amount the master wants to give and not anything mandatory), Igbos will be called the worst child abusers and exploiters of Fulani labor in the world.

The ONLY reason this Aisha thinks it's easy to serve someone without pay or promise of a fixed amount of money at the end of 8 years service is that those who have chosen to humbly serve someone for 8 years without pay are fellow Igbos. Who you in any case see their success after 20 years of toil, without people like Aisha looking back to see what they suffered in the past 19 years!

Unlike Igbo business men that empower those that served them, the Fulani herders that rear cattle for rich Fulani men for 20 years aren't even rewarded with even 2 cows to start their own cattle herd. They are entrapped as slaves forever to rear cattle for rich Fulanis without any empowerment to start their own business.

These are some of the reasons Nigeria must break up because the people are so different in mindset and so suspicious of eachother.

IGBOSON1:


The apprenticeship scheme by the Igbo emerged and grew organically based on culture and values! It wasn't borne out of a 'one Nigeria' federal gov't decree or law! You may just as well ask why the Fulani don't coopt and train other Nigerians in their herdsman business!

tonyson010:



She is very wrong.

She didn't look into how people are recruited into the apprenticeship?? Y are people from other ethnics not under Igbo apprenticeship And probably didn't make much effort into understanding the Igbo people do accept other ethnic groups and the challenges faced .


First is that Igbo people do take people from other communities.....but often it is a futile effort.

People from other nations don't want to subject their children to the training due to its duration. The boys of other ethnic groups often don't accept the habits and culture the training instills.

fhranchez:
They always wonder what is it that makes igbos special. Truth of the matter is i don't even know my self. Just know it's a spiritual gift from God.