Buhari Grants Nigerian Citizenship To 286 Foreigners

A total of 286 foreigners from 49 countries have been granted Nigerian citizenship by the Federal Government.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore disclosed this through an advertorial  on Saturday.

According to the advertorial, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the advertorial on February, 9, 2022.

The beneficiaries include 108 Lebanese, 16 Italians, 14 Britons, five Nigeriens, and two Chadians.

While 208 of the beneficiaries would be awarded citizenship by naturalisation, 78 of them would receive citizenship by registration at a ceremony to be presided over by the President at the Presidential Villa on Thursday..

Also included are nationals from Egypt, the United States, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Greece, India, Dominican Republic, France, Palestine, Australia, Scotland, Pakistan, Jordan, Cyprus, and Ireland.

Other beneficiaries are nationals 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.

There are also foreign nationals from Serbia, Kenya, Belarus, Somalia, Romania, Zimbabwe, Ukraine and Ethiopia who were listed as beneficiaries.