Investigating the Role of Population Mobility in the Development of Akure Metropolis and Its’ Neighbouring Towns and Villages

Population mobility within given regions deal with the processes that involve movement of people from place to place either within regions or across regional boundaries in pursuit of various cultural, political or socio-economic activities. Essentially three types of population movement are involved either within regions or across regional boundaries. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study, the study utilized both primary and secondary data. A structured questionnaire as well as interview was used to obtain the relevant data from a sample of twenty respondents. The three hypotheses formulated were tested using various statistical tool The study revealed that the spatial pattern of population migration within the inner region of Akure metropolis has a definite orientation. The four major spatial components of population migration were identifiable in the region. Also people locate from their home, village and towns to some other places within very short distance and stay put in the host communities once they find life comfortable there and are able to achieve their life ambitions .conclusively, the region will continue to develop in the sector of the regional economy given the structure of the population and the degree of its mobility there are bright prospects for the people to tap the resources of the region for the purpose of developing the region meaningfully in the future.