The implications of international migration to the socioeconomic development in Nigeria

Akusinigwe, Joseph Onyekah

ABSTRACT This study explores the importance of international migration on social and economic development in Nigeria. To assess these implications, statistical data and reports were obtained from various sources, such as the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and International Organization for Migration (IOM). The findings show that; the number of Nigerians leaving the country for green pasture or for other reasons has risen steadily over the years and this trend has attracted the attention of scholars, political leaders and other concern groups to do research about it. Brain drain, brain gain or remittances and knowledge transfers are identified as among the implications of international migration in Nigeria. Nigeria is regarded as a developing economy that requires strong and highly-skilled human resources to spur development. However, due to some reasons, a significant proportion of the country's highly-skilled population are emigrating to other countries and this may have serious implications on the country’s development. To address these implications, the Nigerian government needs to come up with economic and social measures that aimed at addressing the causes of international migration in the country -so as to reduce the number of highly-skilled Nigerians leaving the country and create programs that will attract more remittances from Nigerians abroad

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