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This man is a legend: Meet 60-year-old man who has been fixing Abuja roads for 30 years for free

  • A man identified as Daniel Davou has received praise from people after it was revealed that he has been fixing Abuja Roads for free.
  • In a documentary about Daniel, the 60-year-old man shared his heartwarming story.
  • He explained that nobody offered him money for what he was doing and that was his own way of helping the country.

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A Man has wowed many after a recent video of his generosity and his own way of making Nigeria a better country has somehow found its way to social media.

In a documentary that was done by a man identified as @double OG, the philanthropic man, Daniel Davou’s story was shared.

According to the voiceover in the video, the 60-year-old man has been fixing Abuja Roads without collecting a dime from anybody.

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After a lengthy interview, it was found that despite his generosity, Daniel was a poor man who was barely surviving.

People prayed for me, but no one helped – Daniel Davou

Man who has been fixing Abuja roads for 30 years
Daniel Davou and doubleOG

He has been fixing Abuja Roads for over 30 years now all by himself, without any PR, Marketing, or any aim but he just did it for the betterment of the city.

It was admitted by some residents in Abuja that Daniel was well known and about 50% of the bad roads in the city were fixed by him.

Daniel recounted how he was once beaten up by a group of boys in a community he was fixing but still yet moved on and did not give up.

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man who has been fixing Abuja roads for 30 years for free
Daniel Davou who has been fixing Abuja Roads

“I have been doing this work (fixing Abuja roads) since, I can not count the years but I remember when I was doing the work, is during when Abacha died,” he recounted.

“God is hearing my prayers, people are praying for me when I’m doing this job, and they will say by the grace of God, God will bless my children, but I see nothing, it either I offended God, I don’t know, my children are there, none of them moved forward,” Daniel shared how he was barely surviving financially with his children.

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Nigerian photographer turns roadside vulcanizer into fashion model

A Nigerian photographer approached a roadside vulcanizer and turned him into a fashion model as pictures surface.

The young model’s before and after photos were collected in a film that the photographer posted on TikTok.

The generous man revealed how the vulcanizer turned into a fashion model, although the young lad initially turned him down.

Adedoyin Adebisi
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