One Nurudeen Balogun, a user on LinkedIn, has shared the story of how a young boy wormed his way into the hearts of the CEO of a bank with his honesty, securing himself a scholarship in the process.
Though Nurudeen did not state when and where the chance meeting between the unnamed boy and FCMB CEO, Ladi Balogun, took place, he explained that the young boy was hawking groundnut while some football players of FCMB were preparing for a novelty match.
Balogun, who was in attendance, decided to get groundnuts for all of the players since they were in a celebratory mood. So he called on the young boy to ask how much he would sell all his ware; the boy replied that the groundnuts cost ₦2,100.
Nurudeen wrote, “Balogun then ordered the PA to give him ₦10k but the young boy blatantly refused saying that he doesn’t know how he would explain to his mother that instead of ₦2,100k he got ₦10k.
“Balogun who was moved by his honesty collected the money back from him and asked him to go and bring his mother.
“When the mother arrived she was crying profusely thinking her son had done something wrong but Ladi told her what happened and how impressed he was with the young boy’s upbringing.
“Speaking with the mom, Balogun was more impressed that although the woman’s husband is late and he was literally brought up by his mom and his siblings, he still held on to strong family values.
“In the light of that, Balogun gave the boy a scholarship for his uprightness and integrity.
“The best way to encourage truthfulness in your child is to be a truthful person yourself, your child takes his cues from you, so you must try to avoid any kind of deception, even a seemingly innocuous one.”
