A young man just told me that he sent a repayment to his former company after reading this piece. According to him, he got a company loan in Lagos but quickly took the money as he relocated to the UK. But after reading this piece which I wrote a few years ago, he had returned the money to the firm with interests. And that he wanted me to know that the piece influenced him.
I call our young people that our decisions to be honest, decent and honourable must not be influenced by our environment. As Obama noted, we are the change that we seek. One of the things which I learned growing up in the Scripture Union was this: the next praise will be better because more songs will be delivered. What that means is this – there is abundance in the future and #honour will take us there.
“On the day of resignation, Diamond Bank paid tons of money into my account. Money everywhere with the computer screen showing useful digits. That was the annual upfront which was always the bulk of the salary. When I logged into the system and saw the money, I simply updated the resignation letter. I added an instruction that the bank should reverse the transaction as I was leaving the country, and would not be around to earn it. I dropped the letter. Most of my supervisors were genuinely impressed.
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“Most people that resigned and traveled abroad usually clear-up. In minutes, I was off the building. My eyes turned red. I had to pay school fees in coming days in America and had not really developed a strategy than simply planning to meet the University President to award me scholarship.”
Show strength. Be Honourable
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