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Saturday Special Report: Out of Africa
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March 8, 2008
Elton Gidiglo, 27...
... was duped into coming to Singapore by a job agent in Ghana. Having paid good money to his agent and for the air ticket to get here, he would rather stay on and try to make a living instead of returning home in shame. His family sends him money but it is not on a regular basis. When he is penniless, he sleeps in the open at the CLE African Restaurant. When his visitor's pass was to expire, he left for Kuala Lumpur before returning again in two weeks. Recently, he has applied to register his trading company with the Ministry of Manpower and hopes to get it approved.
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March 8, 2008
Femi Adewumi, 34...
... is married to a Singaporean, Regina Wong, 34, and live in a rental walk-up apartment in East Coast Road. The couple met over the Internet three years ago and began dating. When the Nigerian first met his father-in-law, it was with 11 other men that he did not know. His father-in-law had brought other male relatives as bystanders while he interrogated him on his background. Today, he walks for his father-in-law and live in a rented walk-up apartment in East Coast Road. They hope to have their own place and become parents one day.
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Saturday Special Report: Out of Africa
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March 8, 2008
Patrick Willie Ofem, 30...
... is a tour agency boss who came to Singapore on holiday from Nigeria. Besides studying the country to advise his customers back home, he is also here to buy used electronics home to sell for a profit. Two weeks after his arrival, he proposed to a Singaporean lady and she accepted. However, he had to return to Nigeria because his attempt at extending his visitor's pass till their wedding day was unsuccessful. His wife-to-be has since called the wedding off but he is still returning to Singapore.
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March 8, 2008
John Ekundayo, 47...
... came to Singapore almost three years ago from Nigeria and today pastors the largest African congregation in Singapore at Cornerstone Community Church. Seeing his work as a calling from God, the ex-civil engineer left his bungalow in Africa to come here on a mission to instill the right values and way of life for his countrymen in Singapore. His message to them is clear: Do not overstay here. Once a week, he meets up with new arrivals in his church and at the CLE African Restaurant in Little India to counsel and advice them on their plans here.
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March 8, 2008
Grace Boluwatife, 8...
... goes to Macpherson Primary with her sister, Gloria Olajesu, 11. Her father, John Ekundayo, came to work in Singapore in June 2005 and brought his family over in December last year to join him. Schoolwork is easy for her and she finds time to play with her neighbours along the corridors of their 4-room HDB flat in Ubi Avenue 1.
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