Jubilation as Over 280 Foreigners from US, Britain, 49 Other Countries Get Nigerian Citizenship
- Some nationals of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Italy and Germany have been awarded Nigerian citizenship
- The awardees would be conferred their citizenship by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, September 15
- The event will take place at the department of citizenship and business located in the ministry of interior
Foreigners from 49 countries across the world have been conferred the award of Nigerian citizenship by naturalisation and registration.
The Punch reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria in a document signed by the permanent secretary for the ministry of interior, Shuaib Belgore said the grant by the foreigners for Nigerian citizenship was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 9, 2022.
In the document titled Ministry of Interior Announcement', Belgore noted that while 208 of the beneficiaries would be awarded citizenship by naturalisation, 78 of them would receive citizenship by registration.
Source: UGC
He said that the event will take place at a ceremony to be presided over by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Thursday, September 15.
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He noted that the beneficiaries of Nigerian citizenship are 108 Lebanese, 16 Italians, 14 Britons, five Nigeriens, and two Chadians.
Others are nationals from Egypt, the United States, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Greece, India, Dominican Republic, France, Palestine, Australia, Scotland, Pakistan, Jordan, Cyprus, and Ireland.
Some other foreigners include those from Turkey, Germany, Israel, Uganda, Liberia, Iran, China, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Iraq, Croatia, Spain, the Philippines, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Mali, and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Foreign nationals from Serbia, Kenya, Belarus, Somalia, Romania, Zimbabwe, Ukraine and Ethiopia were also listed as beneficiaries.
According to the document, the beneficiaries are expected to personally appear at the department of citizenship and business located in the ministry of interior, Block F, old Federal Secretariat.
Belgore said it is important for the awardees to personally come to the ministry for proper documentation and accreditation from Monday.
Getting your Nigerian passport in north in cheaper than south? Fact finally emerges
The alleged disparity in the prices of getting a Nigerian Passport between the south and the north has been debunked by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).
The service revealed that it is operating two different passport regimes that made the prices differ depending on the state Nigerians are applying from.
According to the NIS, some states are still on electronic passport regimes while others are in the enhanced electronic passport era; the price of the latter is higher than the former.
Go get your passport: FG announces 1.3m international passport booklets printed, distributed to Nigerians
Legit.ng earlier reported that the Federal government asked Nigerians who applied for international passports to go get their booklets.
This is coming amid widespread information on passport shortages as the reason many Nigerians try to use officers to speed the application process.
The Nigerian government has encouraged Nigerians to sit at home and apply as there are no shortages.
Speaking in Rivers State, the minister also assured Nigerians that all necessary things have been put in place to ensure passport booklets are available to the people at the needed time.
Source: Legit.ng
