Revive apprenticeship scheme to tackle unemployment problem, Ezekwobi urges Ndigbo

By Brown Chimezie

Moved by a high rate of unemployment  across the country,  the Eze Ndi Igbo Ifako Ijaiye, Eze Michael Ezekwobi (Oyiomanatumba Ndigbo Gbaagburugburu) has called on  Ndigbo to return to the  apprenticeship  scheme, which in the past helped millions  of Igbos  to become successful  entrepreneurs.

In a statement,  the Royal Father said it saddened him to see insecurity, armed robbery, and other vices taken over the South East, which used to be cradle of small scale bussinesses

Eze Ezekwobi  recalled that the apprenticeship  system  dated back to time immemorial  as children  learn skills from their  parents and with colonialism  and eventually independents, the scheme continued  as it produces  giant bussiness men like Sir Louis  Odumegwu Ojukwu and others.

The Eze also calls on the federal government  to partner  with market leaders across the federation on how the apprenticeship scheme can be incorporated into its employment  and wealth  creation  masterplan.

On how the South East  can regain its economic  prosperity,  Ezekwobi  calls on South East governors to come together  and muster economic masterplan that could help reposition  the region  as the center of job and wealth  creation.  “South East governors can jointly pursue projects like seaport, rail line and intrastate roads.

Joint projects like this could help the region  recover from havoc wreaked by years of insecurity  in the region,“ he said.