The rules and procedures for a non-Nigerian wife of a Nigerian citizen to acquire Nigerian citizenship, in particular how Nigerian authorities interpret Articles 26 and 28 of the Constitution and the meaning of a person of good character; the rules and procedures for granting special immigrant status with full residential rights to a non-Nigerian spouse of a Nigerian citizen Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa Article 26 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria states: 26. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 28 of this Constitution, a person to whom the provisions of this section apply may be registered as a citizen of Nigeria, if the President is satisfied that - (a) he is a person of good character; (b) he has shown a clear intention of his desire to be domiciled in Nigeria; and (c) he has taken the Oath of Allegiance prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution. (2) the provisions of this section shall apply to- (a) any woman who is or has been married to a citizen of Nigeria; or (b) every person of full age and capacity born outside Nigeria any of whose grandparents is a citizen of Nigeria. (Nigeria 1999) Article 28 states: 28. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, a person shall forfeit forthwith his Nigerian citizenship if, not being a citizen of Nigeria by birth, he acquires or retains the citizenship or nationality of a country, other than Nigeria, of which he is not a citizen by birth. (2) Any registration of a person as a citizen of Nigeria or the grant of a certificate of naturalisation to a person who is a citizen of a country other than Nigeria at the time of such registration or grant shall, if he is not a citizen by birth of that other country, be conditional upon effective renunciation of the citizenship or nationality of that other country within a period of not more than five months from the date of such registration or grant. (ibid.)
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