Mr. Friday Ekpo was the first and the last to leave the pitch. No airs, no “I am a Nigerian football legend” entitlement mentality. Cash poor but attitude rich. He was coaching men that pay N30,000/month to be part of the team.
Then someone remembered him towards his birthday. The conversation went thus: "this man, he doesn’t have a car. He doesn’t seem like he’s got much. But he is so dedicated to us. He is so humble and never grumbles. We need to do something for his birthday!"
The guys gathered to discuss what they’d do. They decided to buy him a car. One he could put up for Taxify/Uber when he wasn’t driving it himself. The hard part now: getting guys you’d beg and remind over and again to pay their N30k dues to contribute the N1.5m needed for this.
But in the true Nigerian spirit we know we’ve got: these men in three days not only raised more than twice the money, they also raised a substantial amount of money for him to get something started.
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