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The Federal Government has said at least 159 Nigerians renounced their citizenship in 2022 alone.

The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, stated this on Thursday at the 64th session of the State House Ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to him, 150 Nigerians renounced their citizenship between 2006 to 2021. In 2022, however, 159 Nigerians renounced their citizenships.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who featured at the briefing, said the massive exodus of Nigerians out of the country in search of greener pastures influenced high demands for ports.

He said in 2022, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) issued the highest number of port booklets totaling 1,899,683 in over seven years.

Aregbesola said properties worth N3.19tn were lost to various fire incidents nationwide between 2015 and 2022.
He said this included N46.1bn lost to fires in 2022.

A breakdown of details from the federal fire service showed that in 2015, 2016 and 2017, properties worth N15.7bn, N1.65bn and N5.18bn were lost in fire incidents.

In 2018, 2019 and 2020, Nigerians lost N26.71bn, N16.46bn and N32.12bn respectively to fires. While N3.05bn and N46bn were lost in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Aregbesola, however, said valuables worth N25.32tn were salvaged from various fire incidents nationwide.

The breakdown included: N57.50bn (2015), N16.6bn (2016), N426.5bn (2017), N2.84tn (2018), N1.18tn (2019), N1.35tn (2020), N18.99tn (2021) and N448.4bn (2022).

The number of people saved from fire accidents stood at 2,244 while 366 persons died within the same period.

The minister, who said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) processed and issued at least 9.31 million ports from 2015 to 2022, added that the agency processed over 1.8 million ports in 2022 alone.

The breakdown showed that in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the service processed and issued 941,995, 1,035,668 and 1,136,855 ports, respectively.

In 2018, 2019 and 2020, it processed 1,242,953 and 780,047 ports respectively. While 1,056,422 and 1,899,683 ports were processed and issued in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

https://dailytrust.com/159-nigerians-renounce-citizenship-in-2022-fg/

Nigerians are no longer proud of their country due to bad governance, ethnic and religious violence, insecurity, etc

Who like captivity ? May God bless the 159 who did this . Had it been the masses had access to funds , more than 70% of Nigerians would renounce their citizenship .

It's normal.....there are some jobs abroad that would ask you to renounce one of your citizenships if you are dual national.....there are some countries that would only allow you to hold one nationality....if you live and work there and you want to naturalize then you let your naija citizenship go.....na so

Never been these bad even during military regime


Our system of democracy have dealt with Nigeria all these years

IgOga:
It's normal.....there are some jobs abroad that would ask you to renounce one of your citizenships if you are dual national.....there are some countries that would only allow you to hold more than one nationality....if you live and work there and you want to naturalize then you let your naija citizenship go.....na so

You read the article but you still looked the other way with these your hypocritical comment above...

Why wont US citizens denounce citizenship to Nigeria?!

I'm proudly Nigerian forever.
I have seen the world, I love being a Nigerian.

According to him, 150 Nigerians renounced their citizenship between 2006 to 2021. In 2022, however, 159 Nigerians renounced their citizenships.

Telling you people are losing hope in Nigeria under APC governance and Tinubu wants to continue from where Buhari stopped...

I can bet with my life, if Nigerians can get a better offer in Europe and America, about 60%-80% would denounce the name Nigeria...

After all what has Nigeria done for her citizens?

Apart from the likes of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and co that were born on or before 1970s that benefitted from the then government of the basic amenities.

Apart from the dilapidated roads that are deathtraps, i have not benefitted anything from the government.

In the next life to come, a lot of people will jack or hold Jesus Christ by his garment, asking him to change their country

OBVIOUSLY THEIR ABROAD COUNTRY DOESN'T PERMIT DUAL CITIZENSHIP THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO RENOUNCE NIGERIA

UNTIL YOU GO LIVE ABROAD THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT NIGERIA IS A NICE COUNTRY WITH THE WAY YOU START SEEING THE WHITE PEOPLE FIGHTING TO GET THE NIGERIAN VISA TO COME TO NIGERIA

WHAT YOU NIGERIANS DON'T KNOW IS THAT THE NIGERIAN VISA IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT VISAS TO GET IN THE WORLD

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN THE NIGERIAN VISA AND HOW SOPHISTICATED IT LOOKS?

Sign this govt has failed woefully. JAPA NOW

50 Nigerians renounced their citizenship between 2006 to 2021. In 2022, however, 159 Nigerians renounced their citizenships.

dre11:


https://dailytrust.com/159-nigerians-renounce-citizenship-in-2022-fg/

Buhari and Emilokan are wasters of Nigerian destiny. Loiters and thieves

What's the process all about? I'm interested.

Anybody who beats his or her chest to say "I am happy and proud of Nigeria" must be a thief who benefits from the porous and overly corrupt system. There is absolutely nothing to make you love the country

Add me to make 160

If we know how to do dat d number will jump to millions

IgOga:
It's normal.....there are some jobs abroad that would ask you to renounce one of your citizenships if you are dual national.....there are some countries that would only allow you to hold more than one nationality....if you live and work there and you want to naturalize then you let your naija citizenship go.....na so

The number is very low actually. Even some Americans here do give up their citizenship for various reasons. Usually the rich but not all of them are rich though.

It's not easy to be a Nigerian.
Being a Nigerian should be added to the 100 ways to die

Who get time for this nonessence talk

These statistics only cover details of the Nigerians that officially renounced their citizenships.

Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians have long burnt all means of identification tying them to this country after leaving for other countries. And I'm not speaking for the fun of it. I have friends and acquaintances who have left and have vowed never to return or be associated with anything that connects them to Nigeria.

This country is designed to drain you mentally, emotionally, physically, intellectually and spiritually, leaving you a complete shell.

IgOga:
It's normal.....there are some jobs abroad that would ask you to renounce one of your citizenships if you are dual national.....there are some countries that would only allow you to hold more than one nationality....if you live and work there and you want to naturalize then you let your naija citizenship go.....na so

Oh really!! 😳
Just hearing this for the first time

I would rather ESN than to recognize Atiku or Tinubu as my leaders.

Lol, Kai, are they sure that's the exact number??

Before those naive bigots and unpatriotic elements take it as music to their ears, 159 denouncing out of about 200m citizens over a decade period is very very small infinitessima. On the tiny list are mostly foreigners who naturalized , criminals, failed/ fraudulent inter-racial marriages and terrorists of ISIS,ISWAP group from the north and Ipob terrorist group from Igboland.

In all, it is good for Nigeria; mostly good riddance to bad rubbish. All the enemies of Nigeria will lose laa las. They always lose.
God bless Nigeria!

Real Nigerians do not denounce their hip of their family (no matter how horrible and dysfunctional), ancestral land and inheritance to become second class citizens for life elsewhere like the prodigal son.

check my signature for free stuffs

The number is even too small

This is serious.

If emi low corn enter,em first year 1.2million people go renounce their citizenship

Nothing would make me renounce my Nigerian citizenship... It hasn't gotten to that

That number would be 152 million if APC wins next month's election.

This I have seen.