'Free Canada Permanent Residency' - Eko Hotel staff who returned $70K gets PR Card, shares testimony

Ngozi Mary

Ngozi Mary, the now famous staff of Eko Hotel who recently returned $70,000 she found in a suite has been granted free Permanent Residency (PR) in Canada.

Ngozi shared the news of her breakthrough in the NSPPD service's testimony segment on Tuesday, August 8.

The incident which was widely covered by the media has impressed an international organization who have offered to assist her in obtaining Canadian PR at no cost. An added advantage was her proficiency in French.

Ngozi also disclosed she got a commendation from her local government chairman who was excited at her exceptional integrity.

In recognition of her honesty, the chairman flew her to Port Harcourt, where she was accommodated in one of the city's top hotels.

Additionally, she was honored with an ambassador award and had a building named after her, and in her village, she was bestowed with a chieftaincy title.

She said in the video: “An International Organisation called me since they know I speak French, they called me because they want to do Canada PR for me for free.

"My local government chairman flew me down to port harcourt lodged me in one of the biggest hotels, gave me an ambassador award and named a building after me, in my village they gave me a chieftaincy title.”