Diaspora group seeks citizenship for African descendants with Nigerian ancestry
Published: 14/Oct/2024
Source: Punch (Abuja)
By Gift Habib
The African Diaspora Union has urged Nigeria to grant citizenship to African descendants in the diaspora who trace their ancestry back to Nigeria.
The President of AFRIDU, Prof. Chidiebere Ogbu, made this appeal at a press conference in Abuja on Monday.
The press conference, part of the build-up to the ‘International Gathering in Honour of the Africans in Diaspora 6th Region,’ emphasised the importance of recognising and integrating the descendants of Africans who were forcefully taken away during the transatlantic slave trade.
AFRIDU, founded in South Africa in 2018 and registered in various countries, including Nigeria, is a Pan-Africanist civil society group dedicated to the empowerment of African peoples and the promotion of their cultural heritage.
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