Obama helps Nigerian
Obama helps Nigerian kerosine victim procure visa
By Paul Ohia
Friday, March 21, 2008
United States' Democratic Party presidential hopeful, Barack Obama's presidency may benefit Africans afterall, as the man who is yet to get his party's nod for the race has helped a Nigerian kerosene victim get visa to America.
Justice Amadi needed help to undergo five surgeries in the US after serious burn from kerosene explosion, the surgery date was set, but getting American visa was not easy.
According to suburbanchicagonews, the 16-year-old Nigerian boy needed a visitor's visa and a passport, which Nigerian government said would take several months to obtain.
By December 2007, three months to his first of five surgeries at Cincinnati's Shriners Hospital, representatives of Libertyville-based Aid Africa's Children contacted Obama's office, hoping that the Illinois Senator would be sympathetic and help his constituents.
Two days later, Amadi got a call from the government telling him his paperwork was ready.
From then, it was a countdown to February 1, when Amadi would leave Umuagawo, Nigeria, for Lincolnshire, 6,200 miles away.
Leaving his parents and eight siblings was tough, Amadi said.
At the airport in Lagos, he nearly cried while saying his goodbyes, and then he was off. Lagos to London. London to Chicago.
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