2025/10/03 by Peter, Olawale
#Book of Ruth #Economic sustenance #Home-grown alternative #Migration
paper · doi:10.82265/ssnd-ts38
The unfavourable socio-economic condition that many Nigerians face results in different decisions and actions to mitigate or escape the pains inflicted by the situation. While some have taken to crime of all sorts, some engage in fraudulence. However, some have sought solution to this economic ill in migration (especially) to foreign countries in search of greener pastures. Among scholarly works on the book of Ruth, little or nothing has been said about the success story of Naomi and Ruth’s return to advance a home-grown economic sustainability in Nigeria. Using narrative criticism, this paper argues that solutions to the socio-economic challenges of Nigeria can be home-grown. Thus, the paper focuses on migration in the book of Ruth; decries unguided migration and advocates that both the government and the people of Nigeria should invest their energy on harnessing the environmental and natural resources with which the country is greatly endowed in order to rejuvenate the economy. The paper also asserts that commitment, hard work, dedication, kind heartedness, concern for others, foresight and recognition of God’s supremacy are active ingredients for economic development. However, the paper does not call for a complete abolition of migration where and when necessary.