Blessing Aribisala, the Nigerian woman who went viral after she took to Twitter to hail her husband who works as a security man, for buying Christmas chicken for the family, has been offered a cash gift in the spirit of the festive season.
Recall that the happily-married woman on Thursday, December 24, lavish praises and prayers on her husband as she thanked him for bringing home the Christmas Chicken even when he had not received his salary since 2016.
Well, Nigerians have started making donations for Blessing as they hailed her for being a supportive wife.
Among those that supported her was popular singer, Simi, who revealed that an organization had sent in N200k for a #AsmileforChristmas program, which had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simi said she had asked the organization if she had their permission to send the cash to the loving wife and they assented.
Many people tweeted to praise her for appreciating her husband for the little gift she got from him for Christmas.
However, many were moved by her sincerity and gratitude especially at a time when people no longer appreciated little gifts.
The post went viral, attracting more than 41, 000 likes and nearly 7,000 retweets at the time of reporting.
In a subsequent tweet, Mrs. Aribisala said she decided to appreciate her husband because he was a security guard and had not been paid since 2016 but he still went out of his way to buy a Christmas gift for the family.
She tweeted, “I guess you all don’t know where this is coming from. My husband is a security guard working on a contract. He has been working and he hasn’t received any salary since 2016. If you don’t know, he made my day. So stop dragging.”
Aribisala’s post began to generate reactions and attracted the attention of several popular Nigerians.
Before long, scores of Nigerians began commenting on Aribisala’s timeline, requesting for her bank account number so that they could also make their donations
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