Abstract

In the quest to generate wealth that could salvage the ravaging poverty after the Nigeria-Biafra 
Civil War, the Igbo-speaking people of southeastern Nigeria birthed apprenticeship practice 
which has until this day become a norm in the region. It was based on the relevance of this 
entrepreneurial spirit of the Igbo people and how they have consistently embraced 
apprenticeship culture to reduce unemployment and create new businesses across the Nigerian 
space that motivated the researchers to carry out this investigation with 204 mentors (Oga’s) 
that passed through the apprenticeship practice before establishing their businesses. The 
purpose of this investigation is to examine the relationship between Igbo apprenticeship 
practice and  venture creation in Southeastern Nigeria. The theories that explained Igbo 
apprenticeship practice are social learning theory and Igwebuike theory. Descriptive statistics 
and regression were used to analysed the data. The study found that Igbo apprentice practice 
has a significant positive relationship with venture creation and job creation in the southeastern 
region of Nigeria.