STRATEGIC PLAN FOR CURBING MIGRATION PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA 2015-2019

IYAMIDR / ANEEJ designed a Strategic Plan for our government and other relevant agencies to identify areas that need urgent attention towards enhancing the potentials of youth in Nigeria. The Strategic Plan will identify seven key integrated Strategic Priorities for our government over the five-year period, 2015-2019, and key areas of interventions for each.  The integrated Strategic Priorities are:

(1) Building Economic Resilience through (1) Agriculture; (2) Social Welfare Resilience; (3) Environmental Resilience; (4) Technological /skill acquisition Resilience; (5) Building and  Strengthening capacities in our youth to Identity and address their challenges; (6) Strengthening Community Awareness programs in every quarter to amplify the ill -effects of illegal migration and the benefit of getting engaged back at home; (7) Create a Research, Development and Innovation Centre for voluntary and forcefully returnees to enable them get their feet back on the ground.

The Plan is the product of the wide consultations and in-depth deliberation in the cause of the thematic session that there is a need to draw a long term plan and a short term plan to address migration challenges in Nigeria. Heads of Organizations selected a narrow range of priorities to be accorded top priority attention over the next five-year period and the arrangements to be put in place across the State to enable implementation taking into account the resource limitations, both human and financial, and appeal for speedy implementation .

At the end of a well deliberated session, the following resolutions were adopted.

(1) That European Union especially the Italian government must work to rebuild infrastructure in Libya and Nigeria so that plans to travel illegally will get a better alternative here in Nigeria and  the international development agenda must be inter-governmentally determined and agreed;

(2) That the eradication of poverty though creation of camps to host farmers and a create market for their products must remain the core objective and overarching preoccupation of our government to achieve the national development agenda;

(3) That the development agenda must be premised on promoting the welfare and well-being of all people;

(4) That the development agenda of any state government should promote a sustainable youth development and to balanced reintegration of its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – at all levels;

(5) That emphasis must be placed on ensuring that definitive arrangements, including effective partnerships with government and other agencies are made to provide adequate financial and other resources to help organize more seminal, symposium and workshop in all the area majorly affected by migration in our nation.

(6) That greater emphasis must be placed on “PREVENTIVE MEASURES INSTEAD OF CURATIVE MEASURES” by the Nigerian government and international community.

(7) That all relevant stakeholders, such as governments, civil society, the private sector, and intergovernmental organisations, must be included in raising awareness on the danger of illegal migration.

Priority areas of focus identified:

(1) Nigeria government and European government should accelerate implementation of youth friendly Programme to get them engaged to serve as a deterrent to intending migrants.

(2) Nigeria government should Introduce Measures for Macro-economic Stabilization in our society; Building competitiveness and encourage entrepreneurship which is Key to Economic Growth to Generate Employment for our teeming youth;

(3) Building Human Capital Development Major Key;

(4) International organization and all government agencies should commit their fund and resources to amplify and intensify  Public awareness Programme Using local television stations, radio, jingles, hand-bills/fliers and billboard on the danger of illegal migration and the benefit of getting engaged back at home  in Edo state and Nigeria in general.

(5) Heads of Organisations noted that the Plan by IYAMIDR and ANEEJ represented a good strategic economic repositioning for the entire good of our society, as it sought to secure the future of our youths in a rapidly changing environment.  It was agreed that for it to have a remarkable impact on our youth, the Plan would require commitment and focused implementation by all the major actors in our society.

Other strategic area of focus

THE STATE OF OUR ECONOMY

In the interactive session, Heads of Organizations senior Government officials also beam their touch light towards the root cause of Mass exodus of our youths who fled the country on daily basis in search of greener pasture to a strange land, why many die of dehydration in Sahara desert trying to get to Libya, others were drawn in the Mediterranean sea trying to reach Italy through the back door.  The group identify agriculture as a major tool to end this surge.  States and federal government should urgently implement the Work-Plan by IYAMIDR /ANEEJ   for advancing the decisions that had been made by Heads of Organisations and Senior Government Representative to achieve IYAMIDR /ANEEJ strategic plan for Community’s Growth Agenda with the aim of ending violence and poverty in our society that is mostly caused by hunger and to minimized migration challenges in Edo state, Nigeria and other sub-Sahara states.

Mr. Okoduwa Solomon

President / Founder IYAMIDR

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