Nigerians have reached out to Williams Zannu, the young Nigerian man who suggested that Nigerian leaders should be given a mass burial for things to get better, by sponsoring him to university level.
Help came for Zannu after Legit.ng spoke to him; he opened up on his challenges and was fortunate enough to find kind-hearted Nigerians who were willing to change his story and help him grow despite the lack of finances that has stalled his educational progress.
After people got exposed to Zannu’s interview, many promised to help him. However, only two persons went the extra mile by reaching out to the correspondents at Legit.ng and coming through with their promises. The two sponsors who came to the young man’s aid begged to remain anonymous.
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Of the two sponsors, one gave out the sum of a hundred thousand naira while the other donated forty five thousand naira to that cause. Legit.ng went back to Zannu to remit this money and hear what he had to say concerning the benevolent act.
In this interview, the elated young man was filled with gratitude as he opened up on his personal journey while exposing interesting facts about his family. According to him, no one in his family has ever made it to university level. He said he has no idea whether this is a generational curse or not. He said perhaps his father might be able to shed more light on the issue.
Zannu’s father who was present as at the time of the interview expressed his sadness over the situation of things. He said that his children have not been able to go far academically. Speaking about Zannu, he said that the young man has always shown certain dexterity towards all things legit in a quest to make it in life.
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One of the obligations of the sponsors was to offset the house rent debt incurred by the family. This seemed to be a big deal for the family as both the young man and his father prayed for the sponsors wholeheartedly.
It was revealed during the chat with the duo that the sum of five thousand naira had been sent to the young man earlier. He used this to pay some bills at his tutorial centre. Of the remaining one hundred and forty thousand naira, the family’s house rent for two years got sorted.
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A receipt was issued by the agent who then presented it to the father and took his leave. This left the family with the sum of sixty-eight thousand naira which was transferred to the father’s account there and then.
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During the cause of the interview, Williams Zannu was informed that a noble follower of Legit.ng has vowed to sponsor him up to university level whenever he gets admission. This took the young man by surprise as he thanked the person profusely. His father also expressed his joy on this new development and acknowledged the fact that his son is indeed hard-working.
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Zannu promised to study hard and not to let anyone down with the opportunity placed before him. He considers all these to be the divine intervention of God and the breaking of limiting chains in the family.
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