 The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the grant of citizenship to 208 applicants for neutralization and 78 for registration. The Minister of Interior, Raouf Aireba Shola, told State House Correspondents that the 286 people now granted citizenship were shortlisted from the 600 applicants desiring to be Nigerians. In that, the 286 shortlisted people, who are from various parts of the world, were scrutinized by relevant government organs.