Asemota a.k.a Teddy for his sincerity and honesty in returning QR1,502,000 ($441,127.99) about N150 million wrongfully posted into his account in Qatar.
In a
statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Special Assistant on Media to Hon. Abike
Dabiri-Erewa stated that the SSA gave the commendation when she received Mr.
Michael Asemota in her office on Wednesday in Abuja.
The SSA said
that such a rare display of honesty and sincerity from a Nigerian in the
Diaspora has given the country a facelift as well as other Nigerians living in
Qatar.
She urged
Asemota to continue to be a good ambassador of Nigeria and implore other
Nigerians in the Diaspora to emulate the positive image he has given to Nigeria
in Qatar .
`` With this
exceptional act of honesty, you have become a positive image for Nigerians and
Nigeria in Qatar in the midst of bad news tag against Nigerians in the
Diaspora.
``We are
truly proud of you and urge you to continue to extol the virtues and strength
of the Nigerian heritage of honesty, integrity and honour. Your shinning beacon
serves as inspiration to the Youth of Nigeria’’, Dabiri-Erewa stated in a
letter of commendation personally signed by her and given to Asemota.
Michael
Asemota, a native of Edo state but based in Doha, Qatar, had opened an account
with a cheque of QR150, 200 with an undisclosed commercial bank, where he is
the sole signatory of the account.
Narrating
his experience to the SSA during the courtesy call in Abuja, ``as i got back
home, I received an alert showing that a QR1,502,000 had been credited into my
account by mistake instead of QR150,200.
“I went to
see the manager to report the error of QR1, 502,000 deposited into my account.
After checking for confirmation, the manager gave me a warm handshake in
appreciation.”
Asked why he
alerted the bank about the error, Asemota said:“I knew the money did not belong
to me and shouldn’t be in my account in the first place, so there were no
motives and temptations to keep it.”
He advised
people faced with similar situations to ”immediately notify their bank to avoid
any potential problems as the bank will eventually trace their mistake back to
your account and withdraw the mistakenly deposited money.”
He said the
singular act has given Nigeria and Nigerians positive image in Qatar in the
midst of bad stories of Nigeria emanating from the country.
Asemota is
an official of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation-Qatar (NIDO-Qatar), the
umbrella body of Nigerian residents in the country.
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