The Impact of Youth Migration in Contemporary Nigerian Society

Charles Chukwurah Mezie-Okoye
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Charles Chukwurah Mezie-Okoye: Nigerian British University Asa, Abia State

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 3s, 2445-2452

Abstract: The perception of human migration is comprehended as the relocation from one location to another within a country or transfer from one’s native place to another location within the same regional territory by young people. On the other words, migration can be internal or external. This type occurs when the movement and the settlement process still takes place in the country of origin while the external or international type occurs when the movement and the furthering of the said persons occur in other countries. It can be temporal; and this is where the migrant goes back to his/her original place of residence once gains his/her economic objectives. It may also be permanent when for instance the migrant decided to stay in the migrated place or migrated city or migrated country after the achievement of the goals. Migration amongst the youth in today’s Nigeria has tentacles in several areas with pushes and pulls that promote it. Among the push and pull factors are the objectives to develop sustainable means of living, a lack of job opportunities, instability, violent conflicts and changes in climate conditions. It can either complement or hinder sustainable development of Nigeria as a country in view of the impacts of the empire. The position of the current paper is therefore that other things being equal; youth migration has brought about brain-drain or brain-gain culture in Nigeria. Before the youth embark on migration, it is proposed that he/she should consider the odds and probably get well equipped to psychosocial impact of migration, the brief ends with some policy implications of youth migration in Nigeria.

Date: 2025
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