Nigerian female migrant nurses and the dynamics of socio-economic change
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2022
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HUMANUS DISCOURSE
Abstract
Nigerian nurses began migrating from the country in the early 1980s when
Nigeria's economy was in crisis. The nursing profession, a predominantly
female profession, witnessed a departure of its members searching for greener
pastures. This study looks at migration by Nigerian female nurses from the
prism of the lucrativeness of nursing jobs in the Global North and Remittances.
This study seeks to understand the intricate interplay of gender as these female
nurses assumed the roles of breadwinners in a patriarchal society. It examines
the Push/Pull factors on the one hand and the Stick/Stay factors on the other.
This historical study relies on qualitative and quantitative methods through
reliance on oral interviews (structured/unstructured), newspaper articles,
google forms, other primary and secondary sources. It concludes that economic
considerations prompted the movement of Nigerian female nurses, majorly, the
worth of the remittances, in the face of a monetary crisis.