Foreigner Married To A Nigerian Woman Laments Over His Inability To Gain Nigerian Citizenship

A foreigner who got married to Nigerian woman, has taken to his social media page to lament about Nigerian absurd law, which will make him leave the country for a few months.

The foreigner who move to Nigeria with his Nigerian wife said he might be leaving the country soon because he couldn’t use his wife Nationality to gain citizenship.

He further explain that his contract is nearly over here in Nigeria an he needs a new expatriate quota for his residency here.

“I may have to leave Nigeria for a few months because of the absurd law that I can’t use my wife’s nationality to gain citizenship because she’s a woman. Yet if I were a Nigerian man. Marrying her would grant her the ability to gain citizenship here. Second class women.

“And my contract is nearly over and I will need a new expatriate quota for my residency here,” he wrote.

And my contract is nearly over and I will need a new expatriate quota for my residency here.

— Smart Buildings (Nigeria) (@NigeriaBuilding) December 9, 2019