Resource 3: Excerpt from the Constitution of Ghana, showing those who qualify to be a Ghanaian citizen
Background information / subject knowledge for teacher
The Constitution
CHAPTER THREE
CITIZENSHIP
(1) Every person who, on the coming into force of this Constitution, is a citizen of Ghana by law shall continue to be a citizen of Ghana.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person born in or outside Ghana after the coming into force of this Constitution, shall become a citizen of Ghana at the date of his birth if either of his parents or grandparents is or was a citizen of Ghana.
(3) A child of not more than seven years of age found in Ghana whose parents are not known shall be presumed to be a citizen of Ghana by birth.
(4) A child of not more than sixteen years of age neither of whose parents is a citizen of Ghana who is adopted by a citizen of Ghana shall, be virtue of the adoption, be a citizen of Ghana.
Adapted from: Ghana Review, Website
Resource 2: Rights of the child in Ghana
