Stop Renouncing Your Citizenship — FG Tells Nigerian Youths

The Federal Government has urged Nigerian youths to stop renouncing their citizenship in pursuit of greener pasture as it is becoming too worrisome and counterproductive.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola was reported to have said this during the Ministerial Alignment Meeting of the Presidential Task Force on Deliverables for Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government, as ably represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore.
In a statement ThisDay reported was issued on Thursday by Towoju Raphael on behalf of the Director of Press in the Ministry, Mrs Lere- Adams, Aregbesola assured the youths that the federal government would put mechanism in place that would keep them busy in productive activities, so they wouldn’t have to seek greener pastures not to mention renounce their citizenship.
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He further said a committee would be set up in the Ministry with stakeholders to oversee the operations and implementation of the deliverables. Announcing that the committee would be chaired by the Director, Planning Research and Statistics (PRS) in the Ministry, Mr. Kabiru Ayuba, the Minister added that it will have representatives of the four Services under the Ministry and other relevant officers as members.Photos Credit: Getty