An analysis of brain-drain and its impact on manpower development in Nigeria

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The outflow of professionals has adversely affected Nigeria's economic and human resource development since the 1970s. Higher educational and research facilities, job opportunities, better work environment and living standards, and higher income lure Nigerian emigrants. Unfair recruitment policies, faulty criteria of evaluating foreign diplomas, and underemployment at home act as the push factors. Human resource deficiency has reduced public sector efficiency in areas, such as education, technology and medicine. Government initiatives to improve manpower development is discussed.

Social aspects, Causes of, Manpower policy, Brain drain

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The 2003 general elections and democracy in Nigeria: Views from a policy maker

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The first set of elections that took place in Nigeria on April 12, 2003, to choose 109 individuals to serve in the Senate, the upper house of the country's National Assembly and 360 members of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber are reported. However, the results of the elections reveal a lot about the dynamic configuration of Nigerian politics and implications for the development of the democratic process in the country.

Nigeria, Elections, Democratization

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