The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Interior Dr Shuaib Belgore, said about 159 Nigerians have renounced their citizenship in 2022.
Belgore said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja when he accompanied the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who was a guest on the weekly Ministerial Briefing, hosted in the presidency.
According to Belgore, 150 Nigerians renounced their citizenship between 2006 to 2021.
Aregbesola revealed that Nigerians are leaving the country to search for a better opportunity and thereby put the demands for passports on the high.
According to him, the Nigeria Immigration Service processed and issued at least 9.31 million passports from 2015 to 2022.
He further affirmed that in 2022, the Immigration Service issued the highest number of passports totalling 1,899,683 in the last seven years.
