A bill seeking to revive and provide a framework to regulate the Igbo apprenticeship scheme known as ‘Igba Boi’ has passed a second reading at the Anambra House of Assembly.

The bill, ‘Anambra State Igbo Apprenticeship Bill 2024,’ was sponsored by Ejike Okechukwu, a member representing Anaocha Constituency II.

In his submission, Mr Okechukwu said that if the apprenticeship scheme were regulated, it would become lucrative and reduce the rate of unemployment.

He said the apprenticeship system was a major source of employment in the South-East in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, as many youths were absorbed into it.

According to him, this is why the South-East has one of the biggest markets in West Africa.

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This people has no work to do again in the house. IBO boi system is a personal apprentice system that has nothing to do with government. Government should concerns them selves how to provide employment to the youths