International Money Transfer in Nigeria (Kester Osahenye)

Introduction
With an estimated 145 million inhabitants (Nigerian Population Census December 2006), Nigeria is unarguably the most populous country in Africa. Since the emergence of the nascent democracy, Nigeria now plays a pivotal role in African migrations. As Africa’s economic giant, Nigeria has also become increasingly involved in international migration to Europe, the US, the Gulf countries and South Africa. Yet Nigeria is a source and destination for country migration in Africa (South Africans, Togolese, Ghanaians, and Beninoise). Considering the key role Nigeria plays in African migration systems, its role as destination, transit and source country, and considering the fact that it is both confronted with the negative and positive dimensions of migration. Nigeria however ranked top amongst global remittances to home country. It scored 65% in the 2003 research by the UNDP on remittances by regions.

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Title: Money Transfer In Nigeria
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