A woman identified as Malama Amina Abdulkadir-Yanmaman has been rewarded with N500,000 and certificate of commendation for returning N748,320 wrongly credited to her account to the coffers of Katsina state government.
The N748,320 was meant for the Federal Government’s Home Grown School feeding programme in the state.
The Executive Director, Katsina State Social Investment Programme Agency, Dr Mudassir Nasir, presented the reward to the woman.
Nasir explained, “She told us that she received an alert with a narration titled payment for vendors who were providing primary school pupils with free food.
“The woman decided to come to our office because she was not on the register for vendors who provide food for our pupils and she was not part of such a programme.
“We requested for her bank statement and the office of the auditor-general verified that she was telling the truth.
“Therefore, Governor Dikko Radda directed that she should be appreciated with N500,000, honoured with a commendation letter and offer to participate in the next school feeding programme.”
Nasir added that Radda was happy with the honesty of the woman.
He called on others to emulate her.
In his remarks, the state’s Auditor-General, Alhaji Anas Tukur-Abdulƙadir, also commended the woman, saying that she deserved more honours.
Responding, Abdulkadir-Yanmama said, “I knew that I had to return the money because it doesn’t belong to me.”
Abdulkadir-Yanmama further commended the governor and the KASIPA management for the support, honour and encouragement given to her.
A similar development was reported in July 2024, when a young Nigerian man, Julius Eze, has shown people the true meaning of honesty.
According to the reports, between Friday night, July 9, and Saturday morning, July 10, when banks are closed, he received N2.5m in three batches.
The first credit alert was for N500,000. When he was thinking about the surprise money, he got N1m the morning after. Eze was still surprised when another N1m came in.
In the post, he promised to go to the bank on Monday, July 12, and transfer the money to its owner.
In the description, the alerts carry the tag name Ekunie Nnameka Wilson.
As promised, Eze went to the bank and partly wrote: “I dey bank! It’s not my money. Late Friday evening and early Saturday morning, I received alert totaling N2.5m into my access account, few hours later I was able to trace the owner.”
Eze later shared debit snaps to show that the money has been sent to the person.
Many Nigerians prayed for him and urged other to emulate him as well.