343 africascholarpublications@gmail.com 2019 Geographical Study of Rural Urban Migration in Damaturu Mohammed Alhaji Abdullahi 1 , Ali Adamu Mahadi 2 , Modibbo Babagana Kyari 3 Department of Basic Science, Yobe State College of Agriculture Gujba 1, 2 , Department of Geography, Yobe State University Damaturu 3 Abstract The migration from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in Damaturu town. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades, some key policy questions have not found clear answers yet. To what extent is rural-urban migration a desirable phenomenon and under what circumstances? Should governments intervene and if so with what types of interventions? What should be their policy objectives? To shed light on these important issues, I survey the existing theoretical models and their conflicting policy implications, and discuss the policies that may be justified based on recent relevant empirical studies. A key limitation is that much of the empirical literature does not provide structural tests of the theoretical models, but only provides partial findings that can support or invalidate intuitions and in that sense support or invalidate the policy implications of the models. My broad assessment of the literature is that migration can be beneficial or at least be turned into a beneficial phenomenon, so that in general migration restrictions are not desirable. I also identify some data issues and research topics which merit further investigation. With the recent development of Damaturu town, the town witness a high rate of development and population growth. Reduction in the number of the migrating groups because of hardship and warfare, Changes in physical characteristic of people Encountered through inter-marriage, Changes in cultural characteristic of people encountered, linguistic changes, and also affected by cultural adaptation of the people in the study area. This research aimed to examine the geographical study of rural-urban migration in Damaturu town and find out possible solution to African Scholar Publications & Research International VOL. 15 NO. 4 ISSN: 1896-6783 SEPTEMBER, 2019 African Scholar Journal of Env. Design & Construction Mgt. (JECM-4)