Reviewed Article conference, the ministers of the ECOWAS member states adopted a declaration on the eradication of statelessness called The Abidjan Declaration 23. In the declaration, they committed to identify and protect stateless persons as well to prevent and reduce statelessness. This declaration has been endorsed by all Heads of States in the ECOWAS region during the summit meeting held in Accra, Ghana, on May 19, 2015 24. In September 2015, during a consultative conference on nationality and statelessness in West Africa, the progress achieved since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration was evaluated. The evaluation testified to development in the fight against statelessness in West Africa 25. 2.2 Fight against Statelessness in Nigeria In Chapter three of the constitution of Nigeria, a person can become a citizen in Nigeria by birth, registration or naturalisation 26. This simply means that for a person to show a bond between himself and the state of Nigeria he/she must possess certificate of birth registration, indigene certificate or certificate of naturalisation or Regional Treaties, Agreements, Declarations and Related, Abidjan Declaration of Ministers of ECOWAS Member States on Eradication of Statelessness, 25 February 2015, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/54f588df4.html [accessed 1 July 2019] 24 Nationality and Statelessness in West Africa- Background note op. cit. p.4 25 ibid 26 Section 26, 27 and 28 of Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Cap c 23 Laws of the federation of Nigeria, 2004 23 12