The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has hailed Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, the Eko hotel staff who found and returned $70,000 misplaced by a customer of the hotel
Commending the lady in a tweet on Saturday, Obi said her conduct was heartwarming and deserving of a national award.
“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,” tweet by Obi read.
The Labour party candidate wondered when Nigeria will “start celebrating the likes of Miss Ngozi Mary for her honesty and integrity, Teacher Akeem Badru, for winning the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Award, and many others like them.”
He further suggested that people like Mary are the original Nigerians that deserve national honors and awards instead of celebrating those that have impacted the nation negatively.
“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.”
Recall that Mary had in a commendable show of honesty and integrity, returned the money that was left behind by a guest.
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