"These are the people who deserve to be given national awards" - Peter Obi celebrates lady who returned N54m

Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate during the 2023 elections, praised a staff member of Eko Hotel and Suites, Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, for returning a lost sum of $70,000.

Ikejabird reported that Ngozi discovered the envelope containing the money in a hotel room and returned it to management.

Reacting to this incident, Peter Obi on Twitter, wrote, “it is heartwarming and reassuring that despite the hardship in the country and the prevailing moral decadence in society, a staff of Eko Hotel and Suites, Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, was reported to have returned a misplaced sum of $70,000 to a customer of the hotel in Lagos.”

He expressed his concern about when Nigeria will begin to celebrate people like Ngozi for her honesty and Teacher Akeem Badru, who was awarded the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher prize.

He added, “These are the people who deserve to be given national honours and awards and recognition, instead of celebrating those who have impacted our nation negatively. In the New Nigeria that we desire, these are the kind of people that will be celebrated. A New Nigeria is possible.”

Reactions: There’s goodness in Nigeria

Nigerians have applauded Ngozi for her honesty and integrity, and have also commended Peter Obi for recognizing her actions.

@Timiglow: Only in Nigeria, we celebrate our oppressors while those fighting against the oppression are seen as enemy of the country. Thank you sir for bringing light to this news and celebrating this amazing woman. With you at the leadership affairs of Nigeria, I’m certain Nigerians going to be happy again and Nigeria going to be GREAT as well

@jollynony: Spot on. In order to make honesty part of our national ethos, we must loudly celebrate every act of honesty. Paying lip service to virtue while we reward bad behaviour and impunity will keep us in the doldrums forever.

@ipcjustice: His tweets about Miss Ngozi Mary and Teacher Akeem Badru serve as powerful reminders that there is still goodness in Nigeria, and that we should direct our focus towards celebrating the good people of our country.

@AddyAdeyemi: If na agbado person that money don enter voicemail be that. Well done to Ngozi Mary… well done to our amiable incoming presido.

It is heartwarming and reassuring that despite the hardship in the country and the prevailing moral decadence in society, a staff of Eko Hotel and Suites, Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, was reported to have returned a misplaced sum of $70,000 to a customer of the hotel in Lagos. pic.twitter.com/oqPsPtLOO4
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) July 22, 2023

We rise by lifting others: Davido rewards Eko hotel staff for returning customer’s $70,000 with $10,000

Meanwhile, Nigerian Music Superstar and Songwriter David Adeleke, known as Davido planned to give out $10,000 to Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, the lady who works Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, the lady who returned $70,000

Despite the country’s challenging economic situation, she returned $70,000 to a customer who had misplaced it.

After Hearing about the news about her, Nigerian philanthropist, Davido took to Twitter in a video and said, “Find her for me … I donate $10k,” expressing his desire to reward her for her integrity.