 And about 50 percent of Nigerians are willing to leave Nigeria for a better economic future abroad, an increase of nearly 20 percent since 2014. The World Bank disclosed this in its report titled, Of Roads Less Travelled, Assessing the Potential of Migration to Provide Overseas Jobs for Nigerian Youth. Published on its website this week, the report suggests Nigeria ranked third highest in West Africa behind Liberia, which is 70 percent, and Sierra Leone, which is 60 percent of responders who would move permanently to another country. The least ranked country in the report was Niger Republic at 10 percent. It also revealed that while the number of asylum seekers from Nigeria has declined in recent years, this does not translate as decreased demand for migration from Nigeria. The drop in migration levels from Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries to Europe is as a result of tighter border control policies supported by the EU in transit countries such as Libya and Niger. And in case you missed it, Nirometrics reported earlier that the World Bank stated that Nigeria is facing an acute jobless crisis that puts pressure on irregular migration for Nigerians who are seeking to leave the country. The report revealed that between 2014 and 2020, Nigeria's working-age population increased from 102 million to 122 million, growing at an average rate of approximately 3 percent per year.