Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a><\/span> called for the end of the programme, which awards visas to about 50,000 people every year.<\/p>\nAccording to him, a suspect who carried out a recent terror attack killing eight persons and injuring several others in New York, came into the country through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”L8IhZIjQfYWWqcu9aAIXMKwPeJ6OK91Y”]President Trump\u2019s\u00a0intention for the termination of the program\u00a0which has provided opportunities to about 100,000 applicants from Africa with Ghana inclusive, has heightened concerns among prospective applicants of the program in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Since its inception, over one million immigrants have had the opportunity to be admitted to the United States\u00a0from across the world.<\/p>\n
Applicants from around the world, whether applying alone or with their families, do so with the same aim of trying to make a better life for themselves and their families.<\/p>\n
At one of the application centers Citi News\u00a0<\/strong>visited at Krofrom in Kumasi,\u00a0Citi News\u00a0<\/strong>met a 19-year old Senior High School (SHS) leaver, Ibrahim Alhassan.<\/p>\nGrowing up, Alhassan has seen poverty after the death of his father, whilst he was only two (2) years old.<\/p>\n
His widowed mother singlehandedly looked after him, and now he has completed the Antoa Senior High School.<\/p>\n
Alhassan has decided to give the program a try, hoping his luck will shine.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince I was a little boy, I lost my father. So I want to work hard and achieve something in the future to cater for my mother. That is why I have come to apply for the Lottery Visa Program maybe I have a chance of winning the lottery so I can travel abroad and one day come to look after her\u201d.<\/p>\n
He was confident of his ability to make a living in a foreign land where he knows no one.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have done a lot of work here in Ghana. I have even gone into waste collection, I have been a conductor and I am now a mechanic. So working in America will not be a difficult task since the working conditions there and here are not the same\u201d.<\/p>\n
Apart from Alhassan, there were a number of anxious young people at the center with similar ambitions in their quest to travel abroad through the program.<\/p>\n
One of these applicants who is applying for the eighth time, said \u201cI have come to register for the America lottery 2017. The living conditions in Ghana are not all that good. Though I work for a private company, but the salary they give me is very low. So I have the intention of going abroad to get a well-paid job to take care of myself and my family\u201d.<\/p>\n
But Mr. Trump\u2019s\u00a0sudden announcement borne out of one incident involving a terrorist who came into the state through the programme,\u00a0has rather brought disappointment to young people like Alhassan, who troop the Visa Lottery registration centers every day.<\/p>\n
The operator of the registration center who preferred to remain unnamed also feared he will be rendered jobless if the program is terminated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I heard that the program was going to be terminated, I felt unhappy because this has been the job I have done since I completed Senior High School four years ago, and I was not able to continue because of money.\u201d<\/p>\n
Should the directive be adhered to, leading to the termination of the Visa Lottery program, the hopes of young Africans who want to seek a better life abroad through the program will be dashed.<\/p>\n
1.7 million Ghanaians applied for US visa lottery in 2015<\/strong><\/p>\nAbout 1.7 million Ghanaians<\/strong><\/a><\/span> applied for the US visa lottery in 2015 .<\/p>\nThe number, which is the highest from a single country represented 12% of the total 14 million people who applied within that year.<\/p>\n
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