THE QUINTESSENTIAL PRESIDENT
My blog post today is to celebrate Africa's brightest star,
President Barack Obama, on his fulfillment of one of his electoral promises-
the legitimization of illegal immigrants in the US. After much debacle and
endless irresolution of US Senate to pass the Executive Bill pending on the
issue, President Obama was 'compelled' to use an Executive Order to make his
wish become law and forthwith, over 4 million immigrants who have stayed in the
US for over five years, without a criminal record, will be given legal status,
once they fulfill other conditions precedent.
The essence of this proclamation to me is reflected in the
speech the President gave to explain his reasons for making the order to the
American people. According to him, it is only fair that the US be accountable
to the law abiding people who lives in it, albeit illegally. It is a
demonstration of one of the principles on which America was built- that is,
their accommodating spirit and heterogeneity. After strengthening the porosity
of US Borders to discourage illegal entry by immigrants, President Obama felt
it right and expeditious to bypass the Senate in making the Executive Order and
I join the rest of the world to salute his courage and adulate his Presidential
Foresight.
With this proclamation, my cousins and Uncles and Aunts and
friends who were formerly holed up in the US; being without papers to move
around freely, will now have the opportunity to be free in the Land of Liberty-
God's Own Country. Now they can attend weddings and burials in Naija and still
return back to the States where they make their quality daily bread. God bless President
Obama for having the heart that feels for the masses. It will be long before
America will have another President like him-a quintessential President.
Cheers!!
Aluta continua,
Wale Owoeye Esq.
PS: I want to use this medium to also congratulate Lionel
Messi (Leo) on his record breaking achievement in La Liga. Legendary Leo-
wishing him more years and laurels to achieve for Barcelona.
