Stakeholders, who converged in Abuja, said the growing migration challenge in Nigeria is surmountable if the Federal Government changed its approach to the education sector, and provide necessary policies that will make the country attractive to young people. While the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), has said Nigeria has about 1.3 million international migrant stock in 2019, as a lot of Nigerians stranded across the world, especially in Libya, are repatriated, the stakeholders said there must be a collective action plan that would provide jobs locally. Speaking at the Next Economy close out meeting, which was orgnaised by SOS Children’s Village Nigeria, National Director, Eghosa Erhumwunse, noted that until the university system started providing the needed skills for employment, the country’s unemployment figure may not abate.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 03:56 UTC