A casual worker at the Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dayyabu Haladu, who returned missing $16,000 during the 2023 Hajj operation in Saudi Arabia, has been rewarded.

Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has offered Dayyabu a permanent and pensionable appointment.

Dayyabu was also offered a gift of N1 million and automatic slot for the forthcoming Hajj.

The governor, through his Press Secretary Bature Dawakin Tofa, disclosed this while receiving the report of the board for the 2023 Hajj in Kano on Tuesday, Ocrtober 10, 2023.

He expressed appreciation to the casual worker for displaying self contentment.

He said such character displayed by Dayyabu was an excellent behaviour worthy of emulation by all and sundry.

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“As a casual staffer whose allowance is nothing to take home about, this gentleman managed to return the lost money.

“It shows how this person has a fear of Allah and he deserved to be celebrated,” he said.

Responding, the beneficiary revealed that he returned the lost money to the state Pilgrims Welfare Board for the fear of Allah, knowing well that it is not proper to use what does not belong to him in spite of the current economic hardships.

He expressed gratitude to the governor for the gesture, saying that it was the most joyful moment of his life.

Meanwhile, the governor has promised that the famous tricyclist, Auwalu Salisu, who returned a missing N16 million belonging to a foreigner, will soon be honoured by the government.

The Star