SELF-EMPLOYMENT AMONG IMMIGRANT IN NIGERIA
1Enang, Christiana Patrick Phone Number: 08036667108 E-mail: Enangchristy@gmail.com 2Ben-Rabbi, Freedman Phone Number: 08064027662 E-mail: Gokeojubi@gmail.com 1,2Department Of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management And Planning Faculty Of Education
Volume 3, Issue 2, September 2023
This paper examined self-employment among immigrants in Nigeria. One of the greatest problems encountered by a developing country like Nigeria is job creation for the growing population. Due to this high level of unemployment, many Nigerians have migrated abroad for job haunt while the government in Nigeria struggles to create an environment for immigrants to strive. Both Nigerians who migrate to other counties of the world and other immigrants who come in to Nigeria are unskilled, skilled and highly skilled. Those who are highly skilled are employed into paid labour while the low skilled and unskilled migrants resort to self-employments. Self-employment provides an opportunity to utilize human resources that might not be recognized in the general labor market because of discrimination or prejudice, for low skilled and unskilled immigrants and minorities with low educational qualification, language skills, and financial capital. In Nigeria, these immigrants engage in businesses such as importation, mining, fishing, shoe mending, establishment of industries among others. These in turn impact on the economy of Nigeria. This paper explained the concepts of immigrants’ self-employment, reasons for immigration into Nigeria, Factors influencing self-employment of immigrants. The Economic impact of self-employed immigrants in and from Nigeria and problems encountered by self-employed immigrants are also discussed in the paper.