Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has charged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to focus on addressing the root cause of youth migration in the sub-region by understanding the factors responsible rather than dissipating energy and resources to halt the trend.
She maintained that some young, ambitious Africans may need to leave their country in search of better opportunities that are unavailable in their homeland. According to her: 'Immigration isn’t all bad; however, the intent and context matter. I exist today because my father left the shores of Nigeria for Ukraine in search of greener pastures, both academically and economically.
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