CSO Sensitises Anambra State Youths Against Irregular Migration

At the commemoration of 2024 International Migrants Day, the Anambra State Coordinator, Civil Society on Migration and Development, Eucharia Onyemaobi has called on Anambra state indigenes not to consider irregular migration that can land them in trouble.

She made the call in Awka during a one-day public sensitization programme on irregular migration in the society organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Healthy Living with Nnoye Soludo and three others with the new theme “Honouring The Contributions Of Migrants And Respecting Their Rights”.

“There are dangers associated with irregular migration and I urge you to retrace their steps and acquire skills that will qualify them to travel safely to any part of the world,” she stated.

On his part, the Commissioner for Culture, Entertainment and Tourism, Comrade Don Onyenji who regretted that many irregular migrants lose their lives in the process of traveling overseas through illegal means, called on the practitioners to devote more of their time to learning skills that will enable them to achieve their dreams in the country rather than engage in irregular migration.

“Japa is not the solution to the economic situation in the world and in particular Nigeria. Greener pastures. Nowhere is greener, just make your place by identifying and enhancing the great opportunities that abound in your immediate environment,” the Commission reiterated.

The Deputy Superintendent, Migration, Anambra State Chapter, Mr Chukwuma Muozoba while speaking identified economic hardship in Nigeria as the major cause of irregular migration and urged governments to provide more jobs for the youths and ease of doing business in the country to address the ugly trend.