Exposure and Attitude of Undergraduates to Twitter (X) tweets on Youth Japa Syndrome in Nigeria

This study was designed to examine the assessment of exposure and attitude of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University students to Twitter messages on youth japa. Japa is a colloquial term popularized in Nigeria to describe the desire to emigrate, especially to Western countries. This research aims to ascertain the level of awareness of Twitter messages on youth emigration, their perception and the factors responsible for youth emigration syndrome. Youth are the most vulnerable set of people prone to emigration, over time the rate at which they engage in (Japa) emigration keeps increasing, and this has become an issue of concern to the government. This study is anchored on Social Responsibility theory, adopting a survey research method, using 360 copies of a questionnaire as instruments of data collection from the population of 15,664. It also used Krejcie and Morgan table to determine the sample size of 375 The study discovered that respondents are exposed to Twitter posts on Japa syndrome and its effects on their emigration decisions. The study recommended Twitter influencers and opinion leaders use their Twitter handles to popularize the need to stay back in one’s country highlighting the opportunities and available employment in the country and avoid the quest for emigration rather than develop their home country while suggesting to the Government to embark on an initiative to revive the economy, create more jobs and opportunities to make youth stay back in their country.