Ghana makes 126 people from the diaspora citizens as part of Year of Return celebrations

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(CNN)Ghana made 126 foreign nationals who have actually resided in the nation for several years it’s residents as part of the nation’s Year of Return events.

President Nana Akufo-Addo stated those consulted the citizenship sign up with a generation of diasporans, consisting of civil liberties activist William Edward Burghardt “W.E.B.” Du Bois and American poet Maya Angelou who resided in the nation.

“I am pleased you have actually chosen to make Ghana your house and thus sign up with a number of generations of Diasporans, who dedicated their lives to us,” the president stated in a declaration.

” That is why we had an obligation to extend a hand of ‘welcome back house’ to Africans in the diaspora. Numerous have actually reacted to this call,” President Akufo-Addo stated, including that the effort has actually been a knowing experience for all.
The West African nation has legislation such as the Right of Abode law of 2000 that enables individuals of African descent to get the right to remain in the nation forever while the Joseph Project, birthed in 2007, likewise desires Africans in the diaspora to return. Thirty-four African-Carribeans were approved citizenship in Ghana in 2016.