REDUCING RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION THROUGH LOCAL ECONOMIC
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REDUCING RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION THROUGH LOCAL ECONOMIC
ABSTRACT
Several initiatives have been made to bridge the divide by both government and non-governmental organisations. This has resulted in a net exodus of Middle Belt youngsters to the South in search of menial work.
The transfer of people to urban areas provides certain problems to rural development since, in most rural areas, rural-urban migration causes the rural economy to deteriorate rapidly, leading to poverty and food insecurity.
The 1992 constitution authorises District Assemblies to provide local governance, particularly in communities, as well as to aid in the people’s economic growth by developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve overall economic development in their respective districts. The local government’s primary goal is to promote rural people’s wellbeing.
The National Decentralisation Policy and Action Plan includes provisions for district assemblies to assist local economic growth.Local Economic Development (LED). This study uses the Tarka community in the Central Gonja District of Nigeria’s Middle Belt Region as a case study to uncover numerous methods LED can help reduce North-South migration.
One hundred surveys were distributed around the community, and in-depth interviews were done with the community youth leader, the Regional Planning Office, and the District Planning Office.
Overall, the results reveal that the LED concept has not been well received by the district assembly. However, respondents said that if LED were fully adopted, rural-urban migration would be significantly reduced.
It was suggested that the government accelerate the implementation of the SADA initiative while simultaneously increasing the capacity of district assembly workers on LED.
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study.
People are increasingly migrating from rural to urban regions in quest of greener pastures. These metropolitan economies, however, lack the capacity to absorb and retain the ongoing inflows of migrants, whether skilled or unskilled labour.
This leads to the depopulation of rural communities. Those who are economically active in rural regions are more likely to migrate out, raising the poverty levels of those who remain.(Adepoju. 2010).
Push and pull forces typically influence rural migration decisions. Pull forces entice migrants to cities, whereas push factors drive them away from their home towns.
These variables are influenced by the strength of the local economy.The availability of jobs and social facilities acts as a pull factor in urban areas, whereas its absence or insufficiency acts as a push factor in rural areas (de Haas, 2008).
For example, the absence of a rural credit market may encourage people to relocate to give remittances in order to overcome rural credit limits and finance rural productive activities.
Rural-to-urban migrations may have a detrimental influence on rural communities because they remove workers from productive rural economic activity. Rural-urban migration has severe social implications, such as the breakdown of family, community, and norms.
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