{"id":146520,"date":"2022-02-09T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=146520"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:35:03","slug":"out-of-600-applications-fg-grants-citizenship-to-286-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/09\/out-of-600-applications-fg-grants-citizenship-to-286-foreigners\/","title":{"rendered":"Out of 600 applications, FG grants citizenship to 286 foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government has granted Nigerian citizenship to 286 foreign nationals out of 600 applications received.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola disclosed that the\u00a0applications were approved at the federal executive council (FEC) meeting, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister,\u00a0208 of those approved were granted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/buhari-approves-dissolution-of-citizenship-and-leadership-training-centre-governing-board\/\">citizenship<\/a> by naturalisation while 78 others were granted citizenship by registration.<\/p>\n<p>Aregbesola said the approved applications cut across citizens from different countries.<\/p>\n<p>Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, described the approval of the memo on citizenship as \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d, adding that it came at the time some Nigerians are saying the country is unfit to live in.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed added that many foreigners around the world apply daily for Nigerian citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a groundbreaking memo as it will tell you because just as some people think Nigeria is not a fit and proper place to live,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have thousands of people who are applying daily all over the world from virtually every continent to be citizens of Nigeria. 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