BUSINESS EDUCATION: A RECIPE FOR STEMMING THE TIDE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ORGAN THEFT IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Oliver Okechukwu Okanazu, Ugochi Immaculata Chekwube, Eze Austinmary Ifunanya

Abstract


Business Education as a programme is expected to prepare many professionals, such as civil servants, accountants, administrators, marketers, executive secretaries and business educators. According to Ulinfun, (2005) the primary aim of business education is to equip individuals with skills which are required for use in business offices, clerical occupations and business policy analysis. It is also an educational process that prepares people for roles in enterprises; such roles could be as employee, entrepreneur/employer or simply as self-employed (Anao, 2006). It is also that aspect of the educational process involving in addition to general education, the study of technologies and related sciences and the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding and knowledge which most of the trafficked individuals are lacking. To this effect, researches have shown that many of these individuals who indulge in this heinous crime and also those who fall victims of it do not have a better skill, entrepreneurial orientation, business acumen and are not empowered financially to engage in legitimate businesses that will help them make profit thereby improving their standard of living. This underlines the role of business education in stemming the tide of human trafficking in the 21st century Africa.

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