Mechanic Who Takes His 7-Month-Old Baby to Workshop Receives N285,000 Donation from Nigerians

• Nigerians on social media are donating money to the man who carries his baby to his mechanic workshop
• The man, James Emina, said his wife was having mental challenges and had left her baby with him to care for
• After the story went viral, people who were touched started donating cash to the man and his baby

A man who takes his baby to his mechanic workshop to care for her is receiving donations from kindhearted Nigerians.

The man, James Emina, was first noticed by a customer who visited the mechanic workshop to have his car fixed.

According to Emina, his wife had left him and the 7-month-old baby because she was having mental challenges.

When a photo of Emina and his baby was shared on Facebook, it went viral and touched the hearts of many Nigerians.

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People are now donating money to the baby named Blessing, and donations have risen to N285,000.

James receives cash donations for his baby

According to Cornelius Ellah, the head of the department of mass communication at the University of Cross River State (UNICROS), who posted the photo, the donations were sent by Nigerians.

He said:

"I visited baby Blessing and her Dad in their residence some minutes ago to deliver an envelope containing what was recently paid to them through me. The envelope contained N10,000 received from someone who prefers to remain anonymous and N50,000 from another person who equally prefers to remain anonymous.

"Similarly, I visited them two days ago to deliver the sum of N225,000. This arose from N120,000 received from Anwulika Udanoh Bobbitt, N50,000 received from Ezinwa Nlewedim, N10,000 received from Uzzystouch, N40,000 received from someone who prefers to remain anonymous and N5,000 (five thousand naira) received from someone who also prefers to remain anonymous."

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In a separate telephone conversation with Legit.ng, Emina had said he desired to take his wife to a psychiatric hospital for treatment but lacked the money to do so.

He said his wife now stays in Akwa Ibom state where she hails from.

Old man receives donations from Nigerians

An old man who was spotted working hard under the sun was blessed with a huge amount of money by kind Nigerians.

A post on X disclosed that N17 million had been raised for the man who was moulding blocks despite his age.

The man was spotted working in a bent position, suggesting that he might have a back pain problem but still worked with it.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng