Nigerian citizens in the diaspora have contributed immensely to Nigerian development, principally through inflows of migrant remittances and also through trade, investment and skills transfer.
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LADI will collaborate with the ECOWAS, African Union in organizing policy dialogue and events aimed at the effective implementation of the AfCFTA
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Nigeria’s labour market has generated jobs at a much slower pace than required to absorb Nigeria’s rapidly growing working age population. The disconnect between the expanding working age population and the shortage of job opportunities has resulted in abnormally high rates of unemployment.
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Migrant remittance inflows are the greatest contribution of international migrants to national development. Migrant remittances in Nigeria rose to $24 billion in 2019 (equivalent to 5% of GDP) but declined to $17.6 billion in 2021 (3.7% of GDP) owing partly to the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international migration.
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Most of the international migrants hosted in Nigeria originated from other ECOWAS countries, particularly Benin, Ghana, Mali, Togo and Nigeria, as well as a growing refugee population from Cameroon. (UN DESA. International Migration 2020 Highlights).
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LADI will participate in the identification of voluntary returnees and assist in their reintegration into the national economy. LADI will engage in the implementation of the national programme on the reintegration and resettlement of returned, deported and displaced persons.
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