When will Nigerians be accorded
the full-fledged rights of citizens in their country,
irrespective of whatever region of the country
they are born and bred?
This question has remained a mirage. One of the
undoings of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous
nation, is the stifling problem of “indigeneity’’ as
conditioned by the citizenship law.
Indigeneity and problems of citizenship in Nigeria
make a person born and bred in Lagos, Ibadan,
Kano or any other part of the country not a true
member of his society, contrary to what obtains
in the United States and other ‘developed’
countries.
This is because an Igbo man can not contest
governorship of Katsina state or a Hausa man,
with Nigerian citizenship status, cannot contest
election in Lagos, even though he was born and
bred there and has contributed to its
development.
An Itsekiri man living in Oyo State for over 25
years, making necessary contributions to the
development of the state, is not regarded as an
indigene of the state.
Irrespective of the number of years he has spent
in Oyo State, he and all members of his family
are still regarded as settlers and non-indigenes,
hence, they cannot have access to or benefit from
what is purely reserved for the indigenes, even if
such indigenes have not been in Ekiti State for
over 30 years.
In Lagos, for instance, calling yourself a Lagosian,
doesn’t guarantee you the full citizenship rights,
even though you were born and bred there,
know only Yoruba and have no worthwhile
connection to anywhere else.

as your idea of being a nigerian wherever you find yourself in this geographical region called Nigeria is noble.
I would tell you the home truth, no region would like to be govern by other tribe in Nigeria. if you look at the case between Tompolo and feastus keyamo you will discover that tompolo brother name was substituted with a rightful contestants due to tribal undertones. that is just a local government in warri.
we can get there but we need firstly regionalism so that every region can develop at his own pace politically, socially etc. when every region has reached a high level of that gradually they will open up to others. but for now it will results in assassination. may God help us all.

We need to mak d regions stronger.forget about all dis hausa man rulin bayelsa stuff.u cant compare USA wit Nigeria.99% of americans are settlers.wen u want to compare Nigeria wit oda countries,den u should start mentionin russia,spain,italy.south africa,UAE,saudi arabia,scotland etc...and stop comparin Nigeria wit USA,canada.australia or new zealand

ok