Section 31 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (CFRN) (As amended) – Here is all you need to know about section 31 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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Section 31 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria
Here is what section 31 of the CFRN says:
For the purposes of this Chapter, a parent or grandparent of a person shall be deemed to be a citizen of Nigeria if at the time of the birth of that person such parent or grandparent would have possessed that status by birth if he had been alive on the date of independence; and in this section, “the date of independence” has the meaning assigned to it in section 25 (2) of this Constitution.