"Citizenship is Permanent"

Hello steemians!
Greetings to you all! I'm @ibraheem75 from Nigeria, I'm so delighted to share my entry on this week contest organized by @saintkelvin17 in this amazing community, before then I would like to invite @owulama @joan-na and @simonnwigwe to also participate.

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Share your understanding on Citizenship.

The concept citizenship has so many universal definitions, depending on the authors overview.

what is a citizenship?
Who is a citizen?

To me, the concept citizenship can be define as a legal rights that a person has to belongs to a particular state, region or country. It is also the act of becoming a legitimate member of a state or country, and is willing to accept the responsibilities and benefits that are strongly attached.

Who is a citizen on the other hand implies a legal member of a given state who possess complete constitutional rights, natural rights or legal rights in the state or country where he or she resides or stay.

How can one become a citizen of a country? Explain one way.

One of the way to become a citizen of a country is:

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Citizenship by Naturalization

Naturalization is a legal process by which a non-citizen becomes a citizen of a country after meeting some specific requirements.

The general Steps to achieve that are:

• He/she must Reside in the country for at least 5-10 years,
• Having good moral character(not a criminal),
• Passing language, history, and civics tests where necessary,
• Being at least 18 years old,
• Meeting financial requirements,
• Pay some specific fees,
• Fill out application forms,
• Attend an interview with a immigration officer,
• Pass a background check and security screening,
• Take an Oath of Allegiance, and lastly
• Receive Certificate of Naturalization as proof of citizenship. (Else na audio citizen).

Though the requirements varies from country to country, examples I gave is base on +USA) though these are the mostly requirements from any individual globally.

Explain 3 duties of a citizen.

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The following are some of the duties of a citizen in a given state:

• Promotion of Peace
• Curbing of crime's
• Promotion of National Unity

Promotion of Peace: It is the full responsibilities or duties and obligations of a citizen to ensure peace is sustain in a community or society where he or she resides. A good citizen also must be an advocate of peace in a society, saying no crimes, and that's a duty of a citizen.

Curbing of crime's in our society: This has to do with the way of passing or sharing information to crime fighters agency like the police, army etc, especially information about bad intensions of other citizens. so as to help in curbing crime's in our society for peaceful coexistence. ( When you hear something say something) That's the main duty of citizens.

Promotion of National Unity: This is another major duties of a citizen to help in fostering national unity in the country at all cost, and that must be at all times without any hindrances. (Always tolerate one another irrespective of ethnic or religious differences).

Steemians are citizens of steemit, what makes someone a steemian?

Yes, steemians are citizens of steemit, when an individual registered, followed and abide by the rules and regulations that guide the platform right from the day one on steemit and also by critically engage on active participation in discussion on the platform.

What makes someone a steemian is that:

• When you register or create an account via the link,
• Verify your Email address (verification mail would be send to your email),
• Set up your wonderful profile and lastly
• Start engaging on the community available on the platform, like posting,(Achievement 1) commenting and voting.

After following the aforementioned procedure you can now be regarded as an authentic steemian.

Though basic requirements to qualify attain that are your username, Valid email address, agreement to steemit terms and conditions or services, then ensure all your personal details like passwords are all safe.

Thank you all for reading through my post

Kind regards @ibraheem75.