THE TRAVEL BAN ISSUE

NGO’s oppose Arroyo order to market OFWs

Comments-
To weigh up the main theme of Presidents Arroyo’s Administrative Order 247 directing a mandate to POEA to mobilize a full blast marketing of the Modern-day-Heroes (OFW) is interpreted as a prompt hedge against inflation caused by the prolonged balance of payment deficits tend to lead to decline in peso currency value, and eventually heading to recession in the economy. The Balance of Trade is anything else that should concern her government to cover up the shortfall of the export value against the import value.

Because of the failure of her administration to make the nation industrialized, it means that her government will continue to rely on the remittances of the majority of migrant workers who successfully find a work abroad without assistance from government, (only equipped with professional and technical know how, who are hopeless to get a job in the Philippines). That is the dilemma of the political and economic system. Every time the country is experiencing economic difficulties the Modern-day-Slave is christened as Modern-day-Heroes to help save the deteriorating economy from collapsing.

The government must do something to turn the country into industrialized nation, since the majority of the people do not have capital money to put up a business, thus jobs are the primary source of income. The permanent solution these people want is for the government to create jobs and livelihood.

If we welcome this Administrative Order 247 we likewise welcome extensively the hundreds of thousands integrated new working class of men and women driven out from their homes and families to wander abroad as Modern-day-Slaves to fight against the shooting pain of poverty back home.

While our Government is conveniently being dependent on the remittances of OFWs for the stabilization of our economy we cannot achieved to make our country an industrialized nation, it means that the children of the next generation will inherit the code-name of Modern-day-Slave forever.

However, if the urgency of the implementation of AO 247 will go through, we hope that the responsible Department handling the issue of the Travel Ban in Nigeria will now consider the lifting of the Travel Ban totally.

Best regards

Noel S. Archide
INTELS Nigeria