Wednesday, September 5, 2018

30% OF NIGERIANS WANT TO EMIGRATE,BUT NOT TO SOUTH AFRICA.

*30% of Nigerians🛫 Want to Emigrate‚ But Not🙅‍♂️ to South Africa*

Image Credits: Times Live

As South Africans on Tuesday bemoaned news that the country had entered a recession‚ statistics showed that one in three Nigerians also seem fed up with their country.

The pan-African research network Afrobarometer found that 30 percent want to seek greener pastures on other shores.

Researchers interviewed 1‚600 Nigerians between April 26 and May 10 last year and found:

- More than one in three Nigerians have considered emigrating (35%). 
- More than one in 10 (11%) have given “a lot” of thought to emigrating. 
- Three in four Nigerians want to emigrate for economic reasons‚ including unemployment (35%)‚ escaping poverty (31%) and pursuing better opportunities (10%).

Most Nigerians are looking to the United States (32%) followed by Europe (21%). Others want to head to Ghana or another country in West Africa.

Younger Nigerians with higher levels of education and who live closer to cities are more likely to want to emigrate. One in five (21%) Nigerians with no formal education and more than four in 10 (44%) with post-secondary qualifications want to head abroad.

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