Nigerians shocked as an alleged unpaid Poly lecturer becomes a bus conductor in PH

A lecturer at the Captain Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Rumuola in Port Harcourt, Zoe Tamunotonye, has turned into a bus conductor for survival over the alleged refusal of the school management to pay him his six months salaries.

The lecturer, Tamunotonye was spotted in a viral video loading passengers and calling out areas of destinations.

Adorned in black trousers and a white T-shirt with sandal shoes, the lecturer was seen announcing the bus’ destinations.

“Mile one, Mile three, Ikoko. Please hold your change, loading bus,” the lecturer was heard saying while also assisting passengers with their luggage.

When contacted on Monday via telephone, the distraught lecturer Tamunotonye said,

“It has been six months now I have not given my mother anything for feeding. There are six young widows I take care of, some of them in my committee and also some aged people that I support with my little pay.

“One of the widows called me last Friday that the children need to pay the examination fee of N3000. I couldn’t raise it.

“I can’t even raise money to take care of myself on a daily basis, and I can no longer depend on my family. So I looked around, but there were no alternative jobs.”

“Even in this bus conductor business, I had met about six drivers who turned me down because of my status. I beg for transport to go out. It is my neighbour, an Igbo woman that has been feeding me since January. This is worse than staying in the prison

“So, you know the situation of the country. I have been the one assisting my family. All my siblings are not working, but now I have to depend on them. And I saw that the burden was becoming too much on them.

“Until I met this man and explained to him that I am dying in silence before he availed me the opportunity to serve him as conductor.”

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Social media users reacts;

gretidos_designs: “E no easy for anyone for this country ooo any legit hustle when go put food for your table do m”

woman___wrapper:” I’m concerned about that man called cris ngige, who’s currently a minister of labour😉😉 ever since his be appointed, aasu has been from one strike to another🙄🙄 do this fellow called politicians watch television?😭😭”

tinywale :”He shud have been saving for raining days like dis ! Well , who knows how long  dey stopped paying him !! Money fit don finish ! Nigeria hard ooo”

smartgeneandbrains: ” If you kids tell you I am hungry daddy … you will be forced to do shoemaker self … a man without cash is a failure”

iamgozioleks : “This is so not funny. This is a shame to the government and Nigeria as a whole. A lecturer is now a conductor?… What about the students?… They’re probably now sales boys and girls. God should deliver Nigeria from its bondage”

prettymaryl:”And people are laughing?? Chia some people see everything as cruise, That man might have suffered a lot before taking such a step.. love and light”

agilityrem: ” Men are really going through a lot and some worthless lady thinks it’s easy and their papa they house Dey suffer yet they discriminate and always make their boyfriends thinks they are not good enough just because of money 😢😢”

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