After World War I, Giga was among the wealthiest citizens of Novi Bečej. In addition to a large bookstore and a modest printing press established back in 1898, he owned a large flower garden at the end of the main street in Novi Bečej, where a dozen beautiful residential buildings were constructed after World War II, as well as a farm with about thirty acres of land. Until his death, he was the director of the Tursko-Bečejska Savings Bank, whose capital exceeded a million dinars.
He was an active community worker: a long-time president of the Volunteer Fire Brigade in Novi Bečej, the leader of the Novi Bečej Sokol Society, and a prominent member of many other organizations.
For his contributions, he became a regular member of Matica Srpska in Novi Sad.
During his lifetime, he built a beautiful tomb, with a gravestone that is a true ornament of the Orthodox cemetery in Novi Bečej.
Giga, like many others, has no one in Novi Bečej to care for and maintain his monument.
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