Bawumia Gives Gh¢20,000 To Taxi Driver Who Returned Missing Gh¢8,400
Bawumia Gives Gh¢20,000 To Taxi Driver Who Returned Missing Gh¢8,400
Date:
May 11, 2022
Manasseh Azure Awuni presenting 22,500 cedis to Kwesi Ackon.
When taxi driver, Kwesi Ackon, returned GH¢8,400 a passenger left in his car, he did not know that his honesty was about to pay off.
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia donated GH¢20,000 to him after his act of honesty went viral.
On Wednesday morning, a video surfaced on social media of the moment Mr. Ackon returned the money to the owner. The owner of the money and her family are seen in the video weeping and thanking the taxi driver for saving their lives.
One of them is heard saying they could not sleep because of the missing money.
Touched by the video and the taxi driver’s honesty, the Editor-in-Chief of The Fourth Estate, Manasseh Azure Awuni, suggested on Facebook that something be done to reward the taxi driver beyond words of appreciation.
A number of people reacted to the Facebook post and reached out, willing to help.
Among them was Vice President Dr Bawumia, who donated GH¢20,000 to reward Mr. Ackon for his honesty and exemplary show of integrity.
Manasseh presented an additional GH¢2,500 from two other unnamed donors, making the total of GH¢22,500.
It pays to be honest, they say. But Kwesi Ackon did not believe it can be that literal.
On Easter Saturday, Isaac Ackon pulled up at the Malata market in Accra New Town. It was 8pm and a potential passenger had flagged him to a stop.
She wanted a taxi to Teshie. After negotiating a fare of 40 cedis, Isaac began a trip aimed at making sales to feed his wife and three children.
Isaac’s car is a rusty Nissan registered in 2013. Fumes from the pipe reveal a tired engine. He says because the car is old, it is hard to get passengers especially as taxi-riding services like Uber threatens to blow his taxi out of business.
He says there are several days when he makes losses and in a good week, he can make GH¢300.
Kwesi Ackon with his taxiOn that Easter Saturday, after ending another day, he was checking through his car when he found a cloth tied over something. The cloth was dirty, like a rag. It smelled of fish. “I wanted to throw it away,” he told The Fourth Estate.
But restrained by a little curiosity, he unwrapped it and found several notes. It was money. “I didn’t count the money,” and neither did he count himself lucky.
He knew he had to return the money. He knew it must have belonged to the woman he picked at Malata Market. He said he couldn’t have returned the money immediately. It was already dawn.
On Easter Sunday, after worshipping at his church, The Church of Pentecost, he drove to Teshie and reunited with a weeping trader with her money.
Asked what pushed him to do it, he said his religion, Christianity, did not permit him to do otherwise.
“If you are a Christian, you should always differentiate yourself from non-Christians,” he told The Fourth Estate.
Those who wish to support Kwesi Ackon can reach him on 0245 705 890.
Source: The fourth estate
Meanwhile Asempa Fm’s Ekosiisen also raises Over Ghc15, 000 In 30 Minutes o appreciate this taxi Driver who returned the trader’s mssing Ghc8,400
The multiple award winning political Talkshow, EKOSIISEN has raised money, amounting to GHC15,000 to reward the taxi driver who returned an amount of ¢8,400 to a fishmonger who forgot her money in his car.
The said amount was raised within 30 minutes through donations from benevolent listeners who were touched by the story of the Taxi driver, Isaac Ackon, for returning the missing money to the poor trader.
Social Media went agog with a story of the honest Taxi driver who returned a cash of 8,400 to a poor trader who forgot the said cash in his car.
In a video seen on social media, three women, including the victim, had embraced the taxi driver while thanking him.
However Host of EKOSIISEN, Philip Osei Bonsu took it upon himself to personally praise the Taxi driver for such honesty and asked benevolent listeners to help appreciate the Taxi Driver.
‘’I think this young Taxi driver needs to be appreciated in a big way. We have to send the signal that it pays to be honest. It is a value we should all cherish as Ghanaians. I am really proud of him’’ OB said on EKOSIISEN.
In an interview on Ekosiisen on Wednesday, the Taxi Driver, Isaac Ackon, thanked the Host and Ghanaians for such a gesture.
Mr. Ackon recounted how the incident happened and the decision to return the cash to the trader.
‘’I saw the money in my car after closing from work but after consulting my wife briefly about it, I decided to return the cash. The simple reason is that I don’t take things that are not mine’’ he stated.
Mr. Ackon further stated that in his seven-year history as a taxi driver, he’s returned five phones that have been left in his car to their rightful owners.
Source: The fourth estate
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