Josephine Ugwu, the airport cleaner
who returned a passenger’s luggage containing local and foreign currencies to
the tune of N12m has been rewarded with a N7,200 salary increment.
Ugwu, who works for Patovilki
Cleaning Services, a concessionaire engaged by the Federal Airports Authority
of Nigeria to keep the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos clean, was
on a monthly salary of N7,800 before the incident.
The National Diploma graduate of Our
Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology, Enugu, now enjoys a
N7,200 salary increment, bringing her new salary to N15,000.
During a visit to the airport on Monday,Ugwu’s
colleagues expressed disappointment that
such act of uncommon integrity was not noticed by the government.
She said, “Twice in December 2014,
she returned passengers’ luggage with huge sums of money in them.
“One contained about N600,000 and
the other had close to N2m. if it were to be a case of stealing and she was
caught, I am sure the government would have been quick to send her to jail.”
Ugwu, however, said she had no
regrets for what she did, but would not mind being compensated.
She said, “I believe that a good
name is better than riches. This incident has taken my name far and wide and I
am happy that it is for a good cause. God’s reward is the ultimate, but if the
government will give me a proper job as promised, I will be happy.
“My company on its part has tried
and I am grateful for the management’s action. My salary has been increased and
I have also been promoted.”
Mrs. Eunice Anumudu, Ugwu’s
supervisor at the airport, praised her integrity and uprightness, saying that
Ugwu had become a role model, not only for her colleagues, but for all
Nigerians.
Josephine
Ugwu, the airport cleaner who returned a passenger’s luggage containing
local and foreign currencies to the tune of N12m has been rewarded with
a N7,200 salary increment. - See more at:
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