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This paper evaluated attitudes of youths towards migration from Ejigbo Local Government Area to Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 168 returnees from 12 autonomous districts in Ivory Coast, and data was collected using a structured interview schedule. Descriptive analysis were employed to analyze the data. The findings of the study showed that the 51.8% of the respondents claimed economic opportunities as a factors that influenced this decision, 23.8% claimed family reunification as a factor, 15.5% claimed female gender preference, 8.3% claimed employment prospects, while 0.6% claimed other factors. The perception of the respondents on economic condition in Ivory Coast compare to Nigeria now shows that 94.6% claimed much better, while 5.4% claimed somewhat better. The attractive opportunities that could attract people to Ivory coast, 53.0% of the respondents claimed social and economic development, 28.0% claimed favourable exchange, 12.5% claimed peace and security, 6.0% claimed good governance, while 0.6% claimed other opportunities, 86.3% of the respondents confirm they can still consider migrating to another country in the future. It was concluded that most of the respondents perceived the economic conditions in Ivory Coast is better than that of Nigeria. Therefore, the Nigeria government should endeavor that the standard of living of average Nigerian should be better-off to that of the average citizens of other developing nations.