A gateman has rejected a house
offer as a parting gift from his boss whom he served for 25 years. He, instead,
requested that a borehole be sunk for his community which he said lacked water.
Musa Usman, from Giljimmi, a
Fulani settlement in Birniwa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, lives with
his family in a thatched house.
Usman, who had served the Indian
national, Mr. V. Verghese, who is also the Managing Director of a
pharmaceutical company, Jawa International Limited in Lagos, for 25 years, left
the service in order to reunite with his family in the village.
When Usman was leaving, Verghese
offered to build a house for him to appreciate his diligence while he was his
gateman.
People in Usman’s community were
previously trekking a long distance for water.
Speaking at the commissioning of
the borehole, Verghese said his decision for the parting gift was borne out of
a high degree of honesty exhibited by Usman while he was working with him.
He said: “Musa has served me
diligently for 25 years. We would travel to India and leave our house under his
care and behold, we would meet everything intact. He is indeed an honest
Nigerian.”
Usman, thanked Verghese for the
gesture, saying he had no regret substituting the house offer with community
borehole.
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