"Go Home and Rest": 80-year-old Man Who Has No Money to Pay Rent Gets Over GH¢1.1Million for Free

• An old man who came out to work to pay for his rising house rent has been asked to go home and rest
• The 80-year-old man had his rent raised by GH¢5,000, and he had to come out to work to be able to pay for it
• However, luck smiled on him when some students decided to raise money for him, and he finally went home with over GH¢1Million

Luck smiled at an old man who came out to work to pay for his increased house rent.

The 80-year-old man, Mr James, came out to work as a janitor at a high school.

His house rent was increased by GH¢5,000, and he could not cover the additional accommodation cost.

Students raise money for 80-year-old janitor

Fortunately for him, two students named Marti and Banner brought the idea of raising money for him online.

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The Good News Movement reports that Mr James smiled home with the whopping sum of nearly $90,000 (GH¢1.156,225.50Million) raised for him.

It says on Instagram:

"@goodnews_movement has sent Mr. JAMES HOME FOR RETIREMENT!!! Tonight we raised over $90,000 for Mr. James to retire. Thank you!!!"

Watch the video below:

Reactions from Instagram users

@breeuhna said:

"While this is amazing for the students to do it’s deeply heartbreaking an frustrating that an 80 year old would need to go back to work in order to meet a basic need like housing. This country needs to do better."

@venamondt said:

"Thank you for allowing me to help Mr. James relax into his well deserved retirement."

@ufgatorcouple reacted:

"So sad. No person should have to work at these years. They should be able to do what their heart desires."

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@rosieking__ said:

"This isn’t happy. America is sick. Resorting to crowd funding so an 80year old doesn’t have to do janitorial work?"

Lady gets over GH¢290k for free

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that a lady named Shelly had received more than GH¢290,000 as a monetary gift from a TikTok user.

The money was raised online and set aside to appreciate the lady who earlier showed kindness to someone else.

It all started when Jimmy Darts, a TikTok influencer, approached the woman at the laundry shop and asked her for money.

Source: Legit.ng