2025/10/10 by Eme, Chukwuemeka G.
#Emigration #Immigration #International Migration #Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) #Socio-economic development
paper · doi:10.82265/fajh-jn24
This paper examines the impact of internal and international migration on the socio-economic development of Nigeria. It equally examines the duties of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) revealing that the abovementioned agency has the capacity to initiate development and security in the nation-state; describing the Nigerian state as a source and destination for migrants. The study revealed the consequences faced by the Nigerian state in relation to International Migration (as a sending state and a receiving state). The study also shows that the agency, Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) has various challenges, which are the reasons for the level of performance of the agency. This study employed the ex-post facto research design. It adopted both quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches. The population of the study was 100 officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) secured using the simple random sampling techniques. The study data was analysed using the Chi-square statistical calculations. Also, in checking the validity of the collected data, Cronbach Alpha statistics was adopted. The major findings of this study reveal that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has some challenges and these challenges hinders the success of this agency in bringing socioeconomic development into the Nigerian State. However, for Nigeria to benefit profitably from International Migration, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has to be efficient in her duties and also needs the cooperation of the Nigerian federal government (FGN), as it relates to socio-economic development and security functions.