The socioeconomic and psychological realities of migration and return in Nigeria: Japada

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2025
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Abstract
In recent years, Nigeria is experiencing a growing trend of return migration, known as Japada, where individuals who had previously emigrated return to the country. This phenomenon has been underexplored, despite its potential to contribute to national development. This study examines the socioeconomic and psychological realities of return migration in Nigeria. Key issues on this are: Motivations for return: Understanding why individuals return to Nigeria, Reintegration challenges: Systemic and cultural challenges faced by returnees, Current reintegration infrastructure: Evaluating Nigeria's current policies and support systems. The study compares Nigeria's reintegration infrastructure with successful models in countries like Rwanda and India, highlighting the importance of coordinated policies, structural support, and social acceptance mechanisms. The study argues that returnees have immense potential to contribute to Nigeria's development, but lack of support undermines their capacity. It concludes with policy recommendations for a comprehensive returnee integration framework. The Federal Government should establish a National Returnee Integration Framework that ensures access to mental health care, employment, housing schemes, and mortgage plans so returnees can rebuild stable lives and contribute meaningfully to national development, State governments should replicate models like Jigawa State’s diaspora-sponsored education initiative, linking overseas training to structured return and service agreements that align with local workforce and sectoral needs and Public campaigns should be launched to reshape cultural perceptions of return migration, using schools, media, and religious platforms to reduce stigma and promote Japada as a courageous, contributory phase not a failed journey.
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Authors Aminu Hauwa Wambai
Journal Aminu Kano Academic Scholars Association Multidisciplinary Journal
Year 2025
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