Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Change and Seasonal Migration in the Lake Region …Closing the Gap of Emerging Challenges to Achieving Universal Health Coverage and Demographic Dividend in Africa…

Benjamin Bassey, Royal Porch Population Alliance
Benjamin Bob, AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA

The study set-out to accomplish the SDG goal 11 and 13 objective of sustainable resilient cities and Climate change while attempting to underscore the socioeconomic implications of seasonal migration trend and policy gap on diversity, disaster response and emergency preparedness in lake-chad region. The study used secondary sources: The findings were that, refusal to adopt and mainstream a regional strategic framework and policy guideline on sustainable environmental migration resettlement plan and inclusion is the reason for huge demographic challenges and poor human capital development. Based on these findings, recommendations were that, Policy makers, Researchers and Technical Partners adopt a long term uniform sustainable environmental migration resettlement plan, Disaster mitigation, inclusion, resilience assessment and legal framework to facilitate cooperation and intercultural dialogue towards leveraging human capital, sustainable economic growth as well as harnessing demographic dividend in Africa.