The Federal Government has granted Nigerian citizenship to 286 foreign nationals out of 600 applications received.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the applications were
approved at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, which was
presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday.
The Minister told State House correspondents that 208 of those
approved were granted citizenship by naturalisation while 78 others
were granted citizenship by registration.
Aregbesola said the approved applications cut across citizens from
different countries.
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, described the
approval of the memo on citizenship as groundbreaking, adding that it
came at the time some Nigerians are saying the country is unfit to live
in, adding that many foreigners around the world apply daily for
Nigerian citizenship.
In 2017, the federal government granted Nigerian citizenship to 335
foreigners – out of the 500 applications received by the government.
