Taxi Driver Who Returned 18 Million Naira Finally Compensated, Wins 2.5 Million Naira In SEC Integrity Award

No good deed goes unrewarded; even if you are not rewarded by man, God will surely reward you. Mr. Usuah got his reward for a good deed he might have forgotten on Tuesday.

Mr Imeh Usuah, a taxi driver, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday emerged the winner of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) maiden Integrity Award. Usuah got a plaque and N2.5 million for his honesty.

Usuah was celebrated by the capital market community for returning N18 million forgotten in his taxi cab in 2007 by a customer. Usuah had earlier been acknowledged and commended by four different groups in the country.

Director- General of SEC, Ms Arunma Oteh said that the award was the commission’s contributions toward the promotion, recognition and reward for integrity.

“Usuah’s exemplary act of honesty and integrity had sprinkled a burst of refreshing dew upon the national consciousness,” Oteh said.

She said that “the integrity award is a careful response to a critical need of the Nigerian society, as it is through it that trust is built and sustained.”

In his response, Usuah, a native of Ubokudom in Akwa Ibom accompanied by his wife, Mercy, commended the commission for the gesture and devoted the award to the “unsung honest and committed Nigerians across the country.”

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