Lady luck came smiling to the wheelchair-bound Nicholas Nemadodzi when a well-known businessman built him a spacious toilet.

Nemadodzi (51), has been wheelchair bound for more than 18 years. He has two children and he is staying with his mother. He could not believe his luck when former soccer star Cedrick Madzaga of Cedmed Trading, who was building toilets, pomised to build him a toilet that is user friendly to disabled people. The toilet was officially handed over to him on Friday.

Nemadodzi said life had been hell since that fateful day when he was struck down by a stroke. “I came back from work and was tired, so I decided to take an early nap. I could not wake up the following day, and it was later diagonosed that I had suffered a stroke,” he said. Since then, he has been using a wheelchair as his limbs no longer work.

“When word spread that we were to get government toilets, I was very excited, hoping that at long last I would be able to have a decent toilet, but that was not to be," he said. He said he later learnt that there was no budget for special toilets and that meant that he would not be able to use the toilet provided.

“I am very happy that this man came out of the blue and offered a suitable toilet for me. My life has never been this easy; my wheelchair can move with ease here and the toilet is spacious," he said. “I never thought this day would ever come. I am greatly humbled. God has changed my life. This man came as a saviour, and my life is back on track," he said.

Cedrick Madzaga was a well-known football star in his heyday. 16 Valve, as he was popularly known, is now a businessman and had a three-month tender to build toilets in the area. He has already completed his work in record time.