Oluwatosin Akinduro, US Based Nigerian Honoured By President Barack Obama

A  Nigerian, Oluwatosin K Akinduro, was among a selected 25 U.S. military servicemen who were sworn in as U.S. citizens by President Barack Obama during a naturalization ceremony yesterday, July 4th.
Oluwatosin, born in Lagos, Nigeria, graduated high school in Houston, Texas. He joined the Army National Guard in search of new opportunities and a new challenge to lead by example.

The U.S. government often offers citizenship status to immigrants in the U.S. who joined the nation’s military service as a way of honouring their service and highlighting their dedication to the defence of the nation.
At the ceremony President Obama picked out a few of the new citizens for mention, including Akinduro:
“We salute a young man from Nigeria who came here as a child. We are confident he will make a difference. We congratulate Oluwatosin Akinduro.”
He then quoted Akinduro as saying: “I left Nigeria with the dream that we all have a destiny in life and we are all born with the resources to make a difference.”

Some of the others who were honoured were: Sedrick Kwesi Sam, born in Ghana, Mamadou Aliou Diallo, born in Guinea, Miguel Andrade, born in Cape Verde, Byron Oswaldo Acevedo, born in Guatemala, Alla Victorovna Ausheva, born in Russia, Yuxiong Jin, born and raised in China.