The Enugu State University of Technology, ESUT Business School, EBS, has indicated its interest in research of the Igbo apprenticeship scheme.
Director of EBS Prof Fred Eze who made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen said that the school’s research would focus on the manpower and wealth creation the system has attained over the years. Eze described the Igbo apprenticeship scheme as the soul of their businesses, noting that what was left was how to make business concerns owned by Igbo people more sustainable.
Eze said that the school has over the years garnered alumni that are excelling in their respective fields of endeavour in both the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy, adding that the institution was now working to harness the huge potential inherent in their alumni scattered across Nigeria.