Nigerian Man Who Has Lived in Italy For 12 Years Becomes Citizen, Gets His Italian Passport

• A Nigerian man is overwhelmed with joy because he has become a citizen of Italy where he lives
• The man shared a video on TikTok showing off his Italian passport after it was delivered to him in a parcel
• He noted that he had lived in Italy for 12 years before he attained the level of citizenship after applying for it

A Nigerian man who lives in Italy has become a citizen of the country.

As soon as he received his Italian passport, the man took to TikTok to share the good news.

In a heartwarming video, the man, @mcscienceteacher, said he has been living in Italy for the past 12 years.

His joy knew no bounds as he opened the parcel delivered to him and showed off his passport.

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He noted that as he had become an Italian citizen, he could decide to return to Nigeria and still move to Italy anytime he wanted.

He captioned the video:

"Finally my Italian passport is here."

Watch the video below:

Reactions as man becomes citizen of Italy

@user7712433725698 said:

"Congratulations brother.... really is not easy."

@Sunny Omozokpia🇮🇪 said:

"For Ireland, I get my own after 5 years. congratulations bro. Go de work. No go sit down for house."

@NaijaFin🇫🇮🇳🇬🇮🇪 Global said:

"All EU passport bro. I get a Finnish passport. Bro, people wey never get am no go understand. Freedom to travel."

@Alfred said:

"You can invite your father & mother or any members of your families now. That is the good thing about it and more benefits of working when you have passport.. u have every reason to be happy and be proud."

@MR KAMARA said:

"Congratulations my brother. God bless you."

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@Leticia owusuaah ababio julia said:

"Congratulations my dear brother."

@Loveth said:

"Congratulations! I will get there one day."

Man rejects opportunity to become US citizen

Earlier, a Nigerian man, disclosed that he once got an opportunity that would have made him a citizen of the USA.

The man, however, said he rejected the opportunity because of the US tax system, which levies the income of citizens.

He said as a citizen of the United States of America, whatever money one makes is taxed no matter where the person is.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng