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Impact Of Brain Drain and Factors Contributing to Migration of Staff Abroad in The University of Ibadan

Akande, Olumuyiwa A.1 

1Tourism and Development Programme, Department of Sustainability Studies,

University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Ukpabi, Ihezie Donatus2

2Department of Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Adeolu, Obisesan John3

3Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstracts

This study examines the impact of brain drainage and factors contributing to migration of universities staff abroad. A Well-structured questionnaire was developed to gather information needed from the universities staff in the University of Ibadan. The result shows that migration of university staff abroad is not owned to perceived gender discrimination but is owned to insecurity, naira fall, political and economic instability, unfriendly working condition and insufficient wages. Furthermore, there is evidence of increased willingness to relocate among those that are yet to relocate with no evidence of any educational career development opportunities which has the potential of reducing brain drainage if it is sufficiently available. Thus, the study recommends the provision of educational career development opportunities in government fight against brain drainage  

Keywords: Brain drainage, Migration

Impact statement

The effect of brain drainage cannot be overemphasized as it reduce staff strength, worsening working conditions in terms of lecturers-to-students’ ratio to the end of reducing academic quality of students’ produced. The research’s impact is inherent in proposing means of stemming brain drainage.  The research discovered that educational career development opportunities have the potential of reducing brain drainage. Thus recommend to concerns authority to provide more of these career opportunities in the fight against brain drainage among university staffs.

About The Author

Akande Olumuyiwa, is a lecturer one in  the Department of Sustainability Studies at the university of Ibadan. He is a Phd holder 

 Ukpabi donatus, is a lecturer I at the university of Ibadan. With the periods under review has about twenty publications in renowned journals including offshore journals. He is a Phd holder specialsed in industrial relation

Obisesan John Adeolu is a student of the Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Biometry from the same Department in the same Institution. He is a prospective PhD students

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