General News of Saturday, 24 June 2017Source: citifmonline.comMigration has improved our livelihood – Northern MigrantsDirector of the consortium, Professor Mariama AwumbilaResearch conducted by the Migrating Out of Poverty Research Programme Consortium, has shown that 70% of migrants from the Northern part of Ghana believe migration has enhanced their lives. We know that migration has negative parts, but how do we enhance the more positive parts as a country”. The research, which started in 2015, focused on migrants from Volta, Central, Brong-Ahafo and the three Northern Regions. The main aim of the research was to find the relationship between migration and poverty, and how migration can be used as a strategy for poverty reduction in Ghana. Placing much emphasis on migrants from the three Northern Regions, Professor Awumbila said migration has enhanced the lives of their households back in the North.

Source: GhanaWeb June 24, 2017 09:56 UTC