Fifth millionaire winner from Nugegoda in Seylan Bank's 'Thagi Pita Thagi' draw
Mr. N.S.J. Arachchi of the Nugegoda Branch recently emerged the winner of the Rupees one Million prize in Seylan Bank's fifth ' Thagi Pita Thagi' draw. The fifth batch of winners received their awards from Seylan Bank Chairman Mohan Pieris PC, Executive Director R. Nadarajah and General Manager / CEO Kapila Ariyaratne at Seylan Bank's Head Office in Kollupitiya.
They were Mr. N.S.J. Arachchi (Nugegoda Branch), Mr./Mrs. G.S. Perera(Maharagama), Ms. P.S. Pathirana (Kuliyapitiya Branch), Ms. N.P. Chandrani (Kottawa Branch), Mr. W.M.J. Weerasinghe (Welimada Branch),Mrs. E.M. Dayani (Anuradhapura Branch), Mrs. Mohideen Jayajothy(Bogawanthalawa Branch), Mr. D.P.M. Samarasinghe (Kiribathgoda Branch),Mr. M. Visvanathan (Batticaloa Branch) and Master R.K. Ranaweera(Kalubowila Branch).
Mrs. Mohideen Jayajothy of Bogawantalawa has been a tea plucker for 40 of her 57 years. Over the years, Information technology seemed to have by passed this resilient mother of three until one day the Manager of Seyan Bank's Bogawantalawa Branch informed her that she had won a lap top in the fifth 'Thagi Pita Thagi' draw.
"I never expected to win any gifts from my fifteen year old savings account, leave alone a lap top. I am very happy and am gifting it to my elder son Yohanathan (30) who is a teacher in Muloya in the Nuwara Eliya district. I'm sure it will help him with his work", she says with the love a mother has for her children.