Presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi has commended a staff member of Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Kekwaaru Ngozi Mary, News About Nigeria reports.
The former Anambra Governor hailed her for being honest.
Mary returned a misplaced sum of $70,000 to a guest who had left it behind in one of the hotel’s suites. She promptly reported the forgotten bag containing the huge amount to the hotel management.
Following their policy of honesty and transparency, the hotel’s General Manager, Danny Kioupouroglou, initiated the process of returning the money to its rightful owner.
Reacting to this heartwarming development, Peter Obi took to Twitter to express his admiration for Ngozi Mary’s honesty and integrity.
He emphasized the need for Nigeria to celebrate and honor individuals like her and Teacher Akeem Badru, who recently won the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Award.
He said they represent the kind of people the nation should recognize and celebrate.
“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.
When will Nigeria 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?
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.”. He tweeted
