SS1 First Term Civic Education Lesson Note – Goal of Citizenship Education

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WEEK 8

SUBJECT: CIVIC EDUCATION

TOPIC: Goal of Citizenship Education

CONTENT:  

• Meaning of citizenship
• Citizenship education and its importance.

Sub-Topic 1: Meaning of citizenship

Citizenship is the legal status of an individual person in a state. It is a condition of being a citizen of a particular society, community or a country.

A citizen is an individual who is a legal member of a state or country and enjoys all rights (social, political and economic) that the state has to offer.

An author defines citizenship as an expression of the status of individuals who possess full economic, social and political rights.

To attain a citizenship status of a state, certain conditions are expected to be met as prescribed by the law. The Nigeria 1999 Federal Constitution provides three ways/means which Nigerian citizenship can be acquired:

1. Citizenship by birth:

A person is a citizen of any country he is born into whether the parents are citizens or alien in that country.

2. Citizenship by registration:

If an American woman is married to a Nigerian man, the woman can acquire Nigerian citizenship by registration through marriage. A child born in another country by a Nigerian parent can also acquire Nigerian citizenship by registration.

3. Citizenship by Naturalization:

This is a situation where a Non-Nigerian who is an alien acquires the citizenship of Nigeria for being in Nigeria for a very long period of time and has fulfilled certain legal requirements as stipulated in the constitution.

For an alien to acquire citizenship by naturalization:

1. He must have lived in the country for fifteen years or more.
2. He must be eighteen (18) years and above.

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