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Naira scarcity wahala: Lady pays shoemaker with garri and a plate of rice

A Nigerian nurse, Helen Temitope has left netizens praising her after she paid a shoemaker for sewing her slippers with rice and garri.

The young lady revealed this on Twitter whens he said that due to the Naira scarcity she decided to help a cobbler who hasn’t eaten for days.

According to her, the shoemaker requested new or old Naira notes after he was done mending her sippers.

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However, the man complained of walking for three hours and needed food as he has not eaten for days. Helen who didn’t have enough cash on her then decided to give the man a plate of rice and garri.

She showed a picture of the shoemaker eating without revealing his face and a picture of the garri she packed for him.

“Until today, I haven’t felt this bad about this new note scarcity. I called a shoemaker to amend my slippers. He said I should bring any money I have because he hasn’t got any money to eat today, that he has been trekking for more than 3hrs. I felt so bad for him,” she complained.

Reactions: This policy makes me wonder how some people survive

Netizens were so pleased at Temitope’s actions and didn’t wait to express how they felt. See some comments below;

@oladunniadebes1: God bless u my love.

@BlaqpamP: God bless you?

@Tjazz41: God will bless you xo xo xo xo xo much my sister. Do you know the most beautiful thing I love and cherished much about your actions? It was covering the guy’s face. You’ve earned my utmost respect from today ma’am!???

@Topetopzy: God bless you my namesake. The pains on the street is indescribable. The mechanic workshop I went yesterday, same way they were hungry and needed to barb their head and no cash… Yet some thought it is a joke or exaggeration or staged.

@DarkHorseSteve: God bless you ma’am.You don’t know what you’ve just done for that man. This policy makes me wonder how some of these guys survive this period.

@Martins_Dike_: You did well ???

@karpov75105: May the good@lord bless you.

READ ALSO: Naira scarcity: Sick old man brings bed to Keystone bank to demand his money

Security shuts door against man, he threatens to scatter the bank

Meanwhile, a Nigerian man did not take it lightly with a security man who shut the door of a bank against him while trying to perform bank transactions.

In a recent TikTok video, the Nigerian man was seen angrily displaying at a commercial bank.

The change in Naira notes has caused lots of issues in the bank for both customers and workers of the bank.

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