DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i08.021

Pages: 1633-1637

Migration is defined as the movement of people from one place to another or the process of moving from one region or country to another as a result of so many factors. In this respect, people become migrants for so many reasons. The most pronounced factor to that effect is the economic opportunity. Most immigrants are lured or attracted to other countries by the promise of jobs, shifting cultivation, quest for shelter, knowledge or business opportunities. Notwithstanding however, others become immigrants to flee maltreatment or natural disasters. Economic development on the other hand centers on the situation that causes change or progress, that is to say a process of changing and becoming larger and stronger or more successful and advanced. Migration plays an important role in the economic growth and development between Sokoto caliphate and the region of Tahoua in so many aspects. International transactions in the name of “Fatauci” between Nigeria and Niger have existed from time immemorial. Migration dynamics in West Africa and the global context in general has attracted scholars in conducting research. This phenomenon generated debates and arguments among scholars of social sciences and humanities. The arguments are not unconnected with the ongoing challenges to the subject under review.