Zamfara state Government honours female pilgrim who returned lost $80,000 to owner
BY BINTU JIDDA KANEMPRESS
28TH JULY, 2023
Zamfara State Government , l has given reasons it honoured Hajiya Aisha ‘Yan Nahuche for returning money she picked in Saudi Arabia to the owner.
Aisha ‘Yan Nahuche, had, during her pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, returned the sum of $80,000, about N64,240,000, intact to the Zamfara Pilgrims Welfare Agency for onward return to the owner.
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal expressed. appreciation for the good name the female pilgrim gave to Zamfara State.
Governor Lawal said the good conduct of the female pilgrim had shown that there are still good Nigerians irrespective of the present economic hardship facing Nigerians.
“If everybody behaves like Hajiya Aisha Nahuche, Nigeria will be a very better place for everyone to live in,” Governor Lawal noted.
“The entire people of Zamfara State are proud and happy over what Hajiya Aishatu did in Saudi Arabia. It has added to the good name of the entire people of Zamfara,” he said.
“It is an honour for us, not to Hajiya Aisha, she has written her name in the good books of history. Such a gesture is expected of any faithful Muslim, especially in a holy land”, Governor Lawal pointed out.
“The Zamfara State Government would do the needful to help the family of Hajiya Aisha”, he said.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will also honour Hajiya Aisha for this act of honesty”, he concluded.
