NIGERIAN CITIZENSHIP IS A CHAOS!

Mohamed was born in Kano State; he left Kano for Owerri and lived in Ama-Awusa in Douglas Road, Owerri Municipal Council. He got married to Obaigeli and they had a son, Abdul. Abdul speaks Igbo, Hausa and English fluently.

Oluchukwu left Uratta Owerri and went to Lagos. At Lagos he fell in love with Bukola who was Abeokuta, Ogun State and they got married. They managed to buy a piece of land in a swampy area of Okota, after sand filling the land, they built a house there. God blessed them with Kehinde and Taiwo Oluchukwu. Kehinde and Taiwo speak Yoruba, English and have a faint knowledge of Igbo.

Olarenwaju was born in Ibadan, Oyo State. He left Oyo and went to Adamawa. He met Aisha, a Muslim from Kano, being a Muslim too, they got married. They gave birth to Ibrahim in Adamawa. They managed to erect a building in Yola. Ibrahim speaks Fulfulde, Hausa, English and faintly understands Yoruba.

Musa was born in Jos; he left Jos for Texas for academic tourism. He got married to Millicent and they gave birth to Stephen. Stephen speaks only English.

Abdul Mohamed, Kehinde and Taiwo Oluchukwu, and Ibrahim Olarenwaju want to sit for UTME (JAMB), as they are filling the form; they got to STATE OF ORIGIN section, which state will they fill?

After graduating, from the university, they are hunting for job, Kehinde and Taiwo will be persuaded to go to Owerri North LGA to get a STATE ORIGIN CERTIFICATE, a place they may have not visited before. Imagine the agony and stress they will be pass through because they don’t speak Igbo language fluently. Why can’t they get it at Isolo or Abeokuta?

 The same is applicable to Abdul and Ibrahim while Stephen will not encounter this quagmire in faraway TEXAS.

Stephen by birth is an American citizen while Abdul, Kehinde and Taiwo, and Ibrahim are Nigerian citizens based on the origin of their parents where they are always forced to go to by the Nigerian constitution. The constitution sees their parents as SETTLERS not INDIGENES despite being a citizen of Nigeria.

How can one be a SETTLER in one’s country? How many years and generations will a settler live before he or she passes to be an indigene?

What qualifies one to be an indigene since all us came from somewhere and settle where we are sometimes in the past!

Which of these personalities will be more patriotic to his/her country? Stephen, Abdul, Kehinde and Taiwo, or Ibrahim?