VolvoS60:

 

Hmm. Something not quite clear to me though. If  ms/mrs okoye is british, then (as some posters have pointed out), she doesn't have to give birth in the UK for her kids to become British nationals. All she has to do is apply on their behalf.

I can see some of us are enraged at the woman's nerve in voicing out what many Nigerian women secretly agree with    

But ms/mrs okoye is not the problem. We all know that 35 to 40 years ago, giving birth in North America or Europe (to guarantee a better life for your offspring) wasn't an issue. The question we should be asking is, why did things change and who is responsible?

And even more important, what are we going to do about it?

Do your research and vote in the next elections in April 2011. Make the right choices so that the oge okoyes of this world can have their children in any hamlet in Nigeria and their life chances will still be substantially similar to those of kids born elsewhere. Vote and protect that vote.

P.S. An election does not of itself and in itself mean democracy exists. But it is an important part of what democracy is. So please do not vote for a party/candidate and justify your choice by saying "they were going to win anyway", or "his diction is superb", or "he is from my ethnic group".  etc.

Vote for someone who will make sure your children have a country they can call their own.

The choice is ours to make.

ollybosieb:

should we be jumping up for that

paris10:

The issue is not voting, the issue is about making our voting count. We have no qualified leaders who are capable of reconstructuring our democratic values. Get rid of the so-called presidential aspirants, the god-fathers, the tauts, and lets choose amongst ourselves a young, enthusiastic, vibrant, educated and sane person who can lead us into the future.

Pls this section aint 4 politics, go the politic section to advocate for your excreta.

dasarge:

If this is all that there is to this interview, then I doubt the truth in what she is saying by "the steps she took for her kids" If you are a british citizen and live in any part of the world, you can have your children as a woman and they will automatically be british too. You dont have to be physically present in the UK for them to also have the Citizenship. My conclusion, this story is flawed!

i am a british too

dasarge:

If this is all that there is to this interview, then I doubt the truth in what she is saying by "the steps she took for her kids" If you are a british citizen and live in any part of the world, you can have your children as a woman and they will automatically be british too. You dont have to be physically present in the UK for them to also have the Citizenship. My conclusion, this story is flawed!

paris10:

@everyone, Oge choses to have her children born in the UK because she understand how the system works. If you're a british or a permanent resident holder (ILR), when you give birth
to your child in the UK, your child automatically becomes a british citizen, but when you give birth outside the UK, your child becomes a registered british citizen, the difference-

Children born in the UK are considered English and enjoys certain right and favour than those born outside the UK i.e when considering the issue of job, equal opportunity and some defined previleges while those born outside the UK have to get a permit to enter such country and then go on and register the baby as a british citizen.

Finally, I think she did the right thing. She did her homework well. Welldone Oge!

If  ms/mrs okoye is british, then (as some posters have pointed out), she doesn't have to give birth in the UK for her kids to become British nationals. All she has to do is apply on their behalf.

If you're a british or a permanent resident holder (ILR), when you give birth
to your child in the UK, your child automatically becomes a british citizen, but when you give birth outside the UK, your child becomes a registered british citizen, the difference-

Children born in the UK are considered English and enjoys certain right and favour than those born outside the UK i.e when considering the issue of job, equal opportunity and some defined previleges while those born outside the UK have to get a permit to enter such country and then go on and register the baby as a british citizen.

omo_to_dun:

Actually Nigerians in diaspora are Nigerians who are born and raised abroad or living abroad.

VolvoS60:

@Paris10,

A poor response from you (the excreta bit in your post). But you have the right to express it, i'll give you that.

I commended you for clarifying issues on the status of ms okoye's kids. Good job on your part. But you ruined things with your next reply which says  everything and yet nothing at the same time.

Anyway, like i said, you have the right to speak. So speak on.

REALITY101:

Yeah girl it is really nice to be an American Citizen or British. But  do you really need to shout to the world over it? So make all us begin dey shout because w have one?

Lame in kinda way.

favouredjb:

Good for her and her children
i just knw that one day naija go get there

most def = true talk but d 9ja part gats a long way to go tho

BUT FRONT PAGE

oge is a very close friend of one of my close gf who was also born in the uk but raised in 9ja

she confirmed that oge was born in the uk and raised in 9ja too

they both have british passport

but d oge gal is too snobbish so i didnt care to meet her whenever i was told she was in london visiting n at my friend's place

but my younger sista met her with my friend and d snobbishness was confirmed.

a snob 4 wetin na? cos your british or 9ja actress or almost ugly gal? SMH

ceasyc:

most def = true talk but d 9ja part gats a long way to go tho

oge is a very close friend of one of my close gf who was also born in the uk but raised in 9ja

she confirmed that oge was born in the uk and raised in 9ja too

they both have british passport

but d oge gal is too snobbish so i didnt care to meet her whenever i was told she was in london visiting n at my friend's place

but my younger sista met her with my friend and d snobbishness was confirmed.

a snob 4 wetin na? cos your british or 9ja actress or almost ugly gal? SMH