PRESIDENT BUHARI PRESENTS NATURALIZATION CERTI TO 286 FOREIGNERS AB. L-R; Prof Oumar Al-Moubarak Adoun, Prof John Brown Okwii, Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Dr Nasara Ali President MuhammaDU bUHARI, Mrs Kathryn Teresa Barrera, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of iNTERIOR, Dr Shuaib Belgore, Prof Albert Alos Rovira and Mr Giuseppe Bellini during the Official Ceremony and Presentation of Certification of Naturalization and Registration to 286 Foreign Nationals at the State House Abuja. PHOTO; SUNDAY AGHAEZE. SEPT 15TH 2022
Lebanese, Britons, Americans Among 286 Foreigners Granted Citizenship By Nigeria
86 Lebanese, 14 Britons, and 4 Americans were among the 286 foreign nationals conferred with the status of Nigerian citizenship by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday at the banquet hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Of these deserving persons who signed to be Nigerians, 208 were conferred citizenship status by naturalization, while the remaining 78 by registration.
While urging them to endeavour to make positive contributions to the different communities they reside, President Buhari urged the new citizens to abide by the ideals of the nation.
He said the ceremony is a constitutional requirement aimed at removing the tag of “statelessness” on every bonafide citizen of the country.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said Thursday’s conferment ceremony is the first to take place since 2018.
According to him, the awardees are people who came from every part of the world, who saw the good in Nigeria.
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