A gateman, Musa Usman, has rejected a house offer as parting gift from his boss whom he served for 25 years, requesting for a borehole for his community instead.

Usman, who hail from Giljimmi, a Fulani settlement in Birniwa local government area of Jigawa state, lives with his family in a thatch house.

Usman, who served the Indian national, the Managing Director of a pharmaceutical company, Jawa International Limited in Lagos for 25 years, left the services of his boss in order to reunite with his family in the village.

When Usman was leaving, the Managing Director of the Jawa Internatiinal Limited, Mr. V. Verghese, decided to build a house for him as part of appreciation for his diligent service while he was his gateman but Usman, whose community is suffering from acute water shortage, rejected the offer of the house and asked for the construction of borehole for his people instead.

People in Usman’s community, who hitherto had to trek for long distance to fetch drinking water are now having drinking water in the community.

In his address at the commissioning of the borehole, Mr. Verghese, said his decision for the parting gift was as a result of high degree of honesty exhibited by Usman while he was working for him, saying there was never a time when any of his items ever missed in the house for the period he had stayed with him.

“Musa has served me diligently for 25 years. We will travel to India and leave our house under his care and behold, we will meet everything intact. He is indeed, a honest Nigeria.”

In his address, Usman, thanked Mr. Verghese, for the kind gesture, saying there was no regret in rejecting the house offer.

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https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/gateman-rejects-house-offer-for-borehole-in-his-community.html

Shibaraba:
Reject house ke?
No o. I'm not wired like that.
Selfless service died with my father
Lived for others
Graded the roads
Sent graduates overseas for training.
Spent nearly all his cash electrifying our community
Influenced the distribution of over 20 transformers in our area
Now if phcn come house and we no dey to check bill na the landlords dey even tell them make them cut our light sef.
Even though we no owe
None of the people he trained checked on us
They forgot him so fast.
Thats Nigeria.

If I be gate-man oga build me house o. Furnish am sef. Add swimming pool if possible. The community people go dey fetch water for me as a proud house owner. Since I go be their boss.

JasonScoolari:
Dear Musa Usman,

In your bid to be the hero of your community who care less about your existence all through your 25yrs of being a "Mai Guard," you blew a golden opportunity for you to become a Landlord of your own and make your family comfortable... Some of your community people will only sing your praise for a short while but your family will keep on regretting your "heroic decision"

Take note Musa, nor be everybody for your community go happy with this your decision as you've temporarily made some "Mai Ruwà" (Water seller's) jobless and make the government more lazy.

Enjoy your water and your "thatch house."

JasonScoolari:
Dear Musa Usman,

In your bid to be the hero of your community who care less about your existence all through your 25yrs of being a "Mai Guard," you blew a golden opportunity for you to become a Landlord of your own and make your family comfortable... Some of your community people will only sing your praise for a short while but your family will keep on regretting your "heroic decision"

Take note Musa, nor be everybody for your community go happy with this your decision as you've temporarily made some "Mai Ruwà" (Water seller's) jobless and make the government more lazy.

Enjoy your water and your "thatch house."

Jayslicky:
@JasonScolari, what u said is partially right but remember everyone does what brings happiness to themselves, Ghandi of india was an example of that, he had every chance to be stupendously wealthy but he chose the other route, today his generation get favour just because of his legacy.