Abstract
This article examines indigeneity-based citizenship in Nigerian federalism, finding that the constitutional definition of membership in the component states in terms of indigeneity is unjust even though it has enabled both majority and minority groups to enjoy internal self-government rights and to participate in the central government. It notes that citizens within the federal entity share common institutions and that these citizens ought to have federative rights. Thus, there is a normative alternative to indigeneity—conationals who take up residence in any of the states ought to be members of that state.
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