Youth Migration: the Nigerian Experience
YOUTH MIGRATION: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
Nigeria, one of the less developed countries of the world and the purported giant of Africa, is no doubt having enormous challenges becoming a developed country. It is faced with the problem of bad roads, which is the major cause of death in the country. It is not going anywhere with the various self-centered policies made by the legislators. Religious and ethnic crises have plagued the country worse than the historic religious times of Egypt. Our educational system is nothing to write talk about and generally life is quite difficult. This is not to batter my motherland but to tell you the situation of things in this great country, Nigeria.
Youths make up more than fifty percent of the population of this country and yet they have, to a large extent, no contribution to the policies and affairs of this nation even of those concerning them as youths. Each year, the universities churn out students who do not have the requisite knowledge needed to occupy vacant positions in the country hence most remain unemployed. To solve this problem plaguing them as youths, they resort to move across the borders of the country to look for greener pastures hence the problem of youth migration comes in.
Youth migration has for decades been an issue to grapple with and has become a rather disturbing issue in present times as it affects all spheres of a nation’s development. Nigeria is not left out of this problem as she has had her fair share of the resultant effects of youths leaving the shores of the country in search of a better life and standard of living. Before I delve into the challenges and opportunities of youth migration, I would like to mention some of the reasons why people, especially the youths, move or better still migrate to other countries. In looking at the reasons why youths migrate, the following readily suffice:
EDUCATION: Education is very important in the life of any individual and especially the youths. In this
Nigeria, one of the less developed countries of the world and the purported giant of Africa, is no doubt having enormous challenges becoming a developed country. It is faced with the problem of bad roads, which is the major cause of death in the country. It is not going anywhere with the various self-centered policies made by the legislators. Religious and ethnic crises have plagued the country worse than the historic religious times of Egypt. Our educational system is nothing to write talk about and generally life is quite difficult. This is not to batter my motherland but to tell you the situation of things in this great country, Nigeria.
Youths make up more than fifty percent of the population of this country and yet they have, to a large extent, no contribution to the policies and affairs of this nation even of those concerning them as youths. Each year, the universities churn out students who do not have the requisite knowledge needed to occupy vacant positions in the country hence most remain unemployed. To solve this problem plaguing them as youths, they resort to move across the borders of the country to look for greener pastures hence the problem of youth migration comes in.
Youth migration has for decades been an issue to grapple with and has become a rather disturbing issue in present times as it affects all spheres of a nation’s development. Nigeria is not left out of this problem as she has had her fair share of the resultant effects of youths leaving the shores of the country in search of a better life and standard of living. Before I delve into the challenges and opportunities of youth migration, I would like to mention some of the reasons why people, especially the youths, move or better still migrate to other countries. In looking at the reasons why youths migrate, the following readily suffice:
EDUCATION: Education is very important in the life of any individual and especially the youths. In this