Helen Temitope, a Nigerian woman, described how she was forced to pay a shoemaker with food due to the country’s currency shortage.
The young lady claimed that after calling the cobbler to fix her slippers, he told her that he had not eaten in days and demanded that she pay him with any money she had, regardless of how old it was.
Helen decided to pay the man with a plate of rice and raw garri because she felt sorry for him and didn’t have any cash.
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The young woman took to microblogging site, Twitter, and shared a photo of the shoemaker eating the food in her compound.
She wrote, “Until today, i haven’t felt this bad about this new note scarcity. I called a shoemaker to amend my slippers. He said i should bring any money i have because he hasn’t got any money to eat today,that he has been trekking for more than 3hrs. I felt so bad for him.”
“I wouldn’t want to expose his face and i only posted for people to know some of these people don’t have any means of help… We should be kind. Everyone is suffering from it. If banks were giving money, there won’t be issue. I personally don’t have any cash presently.”
See her post below:
Social media users commended the young lady for her kindness as they took to comment section. Some reactions are shown below:
@Tjazz41 said, “God will bless you xo xo xo xo xo much my sister. Do you know the most beautiful thing I love and cherished much about your actions? It was covering the guy’s face. You’ve earned my utmost respect from today ma’am!”.
@DarkHorseSteve said, “You don’t know what you’ve just done for that man. This policy makes me wonder how some of these guys survive this period.”
@Nurse_Voke said, “This is an act of kindness. God bless you And you don’t have to respond to people antagonising this, you covered his face and that’s a good thing.”
@AgboolaAlaka said, “I think some people think this policy is to make politicians suffer. Now, who is suffering? Just collected the key to the warehouse from a staff who doesn’t know how to get to work tomorrow and he has money in his acc. Obidients think this Buhari policy will favour PO. Yinmu”.
@Topetopzy said, “God bless you my namesake. The pains on the street is indescribable. The mechanic workshop I went yesterday, same way they were hungry and needed to barb their head and no cash… Yet some thought it is a joke or exaggeration or staged.”