Abstract

With hindsight, insight and foresight of the Nigeria history and development, Critical observation across human existence has shown that poor development of countries had being linked to the migration of human resources to countries. Human migration, being the movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location for better standard of living. Migration can be voluntary or involuntary. Involuntary migration includes the slave trade, trafficking in human beings and ethnic cleansing. Young, well educated, healthy individuals are most likely to migrate, especially in pursuit of higher education and economic improvement. Migration and Human resource Depletion/Brain-drain is a steady phenomenon causing downs instead of ups to the development of a country especially where it is in top gear. The current exodus of people both young and old from Nigeria to other developing and developed countries for greener pastures have become a teething problems and a torn in the fresh of the country minding that such migration will definitely shot down the developmental strides of the Country. The human migration especial the professionals in different areas of life called brain drain is likened to social environment which is often considered to be a key reason for this population shift. In source countries, lack of opportunities, Government misplaced primacy, political instability or oppression, economic depression, health risks and more contribute to human capital flight/human resource depletion/ brain drain. The main thrust of this research work is to investigate the causes of the age-bending phenomenon, its effect and proffer possible solutions to the effect. The related literature was secondarily revealed. The study recommended countries to usually offer rich opportunities, political stability and freedom, industrialization winnings, a developed economy and better living conditions that attract talents.