Investigating the Communication Strategies for Addressing the Advent of Population Growth for Effective Socio-Economic Progress in Abuja Municipal Area Council

Abstract

Obviously, one of the major causes of rapid population growth in the rural areas in Nigeria is rural-urban migration. This study has the broad objectives to know the role communication plays in rural-urban migration, rapid population growth in Nigerian urban areas and the consiquences of the situations. Therefore, the study made use of oral interview approach of the qualitative methodology gather data for the study. Through this method a number of respondents were engaged within the context of the study, and findings from the study had it that communication has played some important roles in reporting the hazards of rural-urban migration and some of these roles according to a response from respondents includes; enlightening the rural populace about the hazards of migration, assisting in the development of rural communities and informing the government about the needs of the rural populace. The study concluded that the roles communication has played in migration will go a long way in solving some of the few problems of rural-urban migration in the country. The study recommended among other things that Government at all levels should endeavor to always take recommendations made by communication experts on rural-urban migration seriously by implementing them especially for the betterment of the rural populace which will, in turn, reduce rural-urban migration.