SECURITY CHALLENGES AND APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM AMONGST IGBO BUSINESSMEN IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN STATES OF NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper was informed by security challenges and apprenticeship system among Igbo Businessmen in the South-Eastern states, Nigeria. The study aims at investigating security challenges and apprenticeship system among Igbo businessmen in the South-eastern states of Nigeria. Secondary data was mostly used in the study. The study identifies the apprenticeship system as a network analysis where businesses can be reproduced and duplicated in thousand folds hence multiplying entrepreneurship and the business-spirit which the Igbos are known for. Security challenges confronting Igbo businessmen was identified in this study. The recent security challenge in the east is a threat to lives and properties as well as the growth and sustainability of businesses in general and the apprenticeship system in particular among Igbo businessmen. The study concludes that if these security challenges are not controlled, it will terminate the sustainability of potential businesses that will rise through the apprenticeship system in the south-east. The study government at all levels should as a matter of urgency formulate and implement policies which are capable of tackling the various security challenges bedeviling the nation and its economy through the training of security personnel, negotiations (where necessary), and by deploying advanced technology in managing security issues. The study also recommends that Igbo apprenticeship system should be remodeled to fit into contemporary business demands.