Inter-State Migration and Housing Development: A Focus 
on Rivers State, Nigeria

OHOCHUKU; Chinwennwo Phillips; ADIBE; Nkeiruka Okwakpam

Inter-State Migration and Housing Development: A Focus on Rivers State, Nigeria

OHOCHUKU, Chinwennwo Phillips & ADIBE, Nkeiruka Okwakpam

Abstract

There has been increased attention given to interstate migration by the Nigerian Government since the country’s return to democracy in 1999, there has been very little concern for interstate migration and the level of housing development. Concerns for interstate migration, both in governmental and academic institutions, have weighed heavily on international migration with a focus on issues such as brain drain/gain, remittances and diaspora organizations. The majority of information and concerns for interstate migration is anecdotal and research findings, where they exist, are few and out-dated. This study focused on interstate migration and the level of housing development in Rivers State, Nigeria. Evidence indicates that there have been various housing development programmes in the state to bridge the housing deficit. The study recommends that stakeholders deserve to understand the benefits of housing development that is being initiated by the government and the private investors and the need to empower strategic institutions and decentralized control in different government parastatals that are directly involved in urban housing development and government should ensure proper policy management to eliminate barriers to government and private sector participation in housing development.

Keywords

Inter-StateMigrationHousing DevelopmentRivers StateNigeria

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