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GST 201 NIGERIAN PEOPLES AND CULTURE

Men are born and always continue, free and equal in respect of their rights

3.1.2 Contemporary Origins

The contemporary origin and understanding of citizenship different from that of Plato and Aristotle can be traced to as far back as 1789. The declaration of the Rights of Man issued by the National Assembly of France during the French Revolution in 1789 gave a universal and an unbiased dimension to citizenship. We could hear statements such as
Men are born and always continue, free and equal in respect of
their rights (Appadorai, 1975:86). We hold these truths to be self-
evident; that all men are created equal was also found in the American Declaration of independence in 1776.

SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE

Use your own words to discuss the origins of Ancient and Contemporary citizenship.
3.2
How to Become a Citizen of a State in Nigeria
According to The Oxford Advanced Dictionary of Current English, a citizen is he that has full rights in a State either by birth or by gaining such rights. While for Okoli and Okoli, in a simple language, citizenship

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means the totality of all rights and privileges accorded to all members of a given state (Okoli and Okoli, 1990:27). In Nigeria, there are at least two ways of acquiring citizenship, namely by birth and by legal process.

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