SOCIO- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN RURAL MIGRATION IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF BENDE L.G.A, ABIA STATE)

ABSTRACT

This  project work is  on “ socio- economic consequences and government intervention in rural migration in Nigeria” using Bende LGA of Abia state as a case study. An attempt was made to highlight the major socio-economic problems brought about by rural urban migration in Nigeria. Data were obtained using mixed methods approach comprising questionnaire surveys and key informat interviews. The population and its sample size was calculated without bias using the yaro yamen’s formula. Research questions and hypothesis were tested to ascertain its validity and reliability through data obtained. Based on the findings, the researcher draws her conclusion and proffer solutions in form of recommendations on how best to hinder the trend of rural-urban migration and its consequences large.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of contents

Chapter one

1. Background of the study                         
2. Statement Of problem
3. Objective of study
4. Scope of study
5. Limitation of study
6. Significance of study
7. Theoretical framework
8. Statement of hypotheses
9. Definition of terms

References

Chapter two

2.0 literature review

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

References

Chapter three

3.0 research methodology

3.1 Introduction

3.2  Research design

3.3  Sources/ methods of data collection

3.4  Population and sample size

3.5 Sample technique

3.6  Validity and reliability of measuring instrument

3.7  Method of data analysis

Chapter four

• Introduction
• Data presentation
• Analysis of analysis
• Interpretation of result (s)

Chapter five

5.0  SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECCOMENDATIONS

• Introduction
• Summary of findings
• Conclusion
• Recommendation

Bibliography

        Appendix

       Questionnaire

CHAPTER ONE

• BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

To a large extent, migration is a natural phenomenon.  This is because wild animals and birds migrate, that is moving from one geographical area to another at certain periods of the year.  The migration of weaver birds is common in Nigeria.

Migration is usually concerned with a permanent change of home, but it can also apply to temporary movements such as those of nomads. Migration is sometimes used to include all types of movements as those of seasonal workers, tourists etc. The migration of farmers from over crowded or unproductive areas to areas where land is under utilized is an important aspect of rural economic development. Today, man is living in a more settled life although the process of migration has not stopped.  What has changed is rather the pattern of migration.

 The two (2) types of migration are observable in the modern world. They are: International migration which involves movement of people beyond the boundaries of many nations and Internal migration involving the movement of people within the territorial boundaries of a particular country. Whether international or internal; migration is all about the movement of people from one geographical area to another, which may be induced by social or economic factors.  This migration could be the movement of people from one region to another within the same country, or the movement of people from the rural area to the urban centers, but also within the same country.   The later is the subject of this paper research work.

Rural-urban migration means the movement of people from rural population to the urban centre within a national boundary. Almost all developing countries that have been concerned with the size and growth of their urban population believe that internal (rural-urban) Migration has been the prominent factor contributing to urban growth. Although high population growth is a serious problem in most developing countries, internal migration puts even greater strain on cities. Because of lack of data on migration in many developing countries, the difference between the urban growth rate and the natural (total population) growth rate is used as a rough measure of migration.

1.1  BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Abia state was  carried  out of the former Imo state in 1991. The name “Abia state” is an abbreviation if four of the state’s densely populated regions, Abia, Bende, Isuikwu- ato and Afikpo of which Afikpe later was carried out to form the present day Ebonyi state.

The present day Bende L.G.A which forms the background of this research work, was formally called old Bend whose administrative and geo-political area stretched at that time from Arochukwu to umuahia and included such towns as ututu, Ikechiowa, ohafia, Abiriba, Nkporo, Abam Umuhu, Bende, Igbere,Item, alayi, ozu Item, Isukwuato, uzuakoli, Nkpa, Uuahia and Ikwuano with a population of 3 million people.

Citizens from old Bende LGA listed above are simply referred to an “ Benda people”. The term Bende is in honour of a town called “Bende” LGA area of governance.