Buhari Honours Former Airport Cleaner for Returning Millions Forgotten in The Toilet By User
- Buhari honours former Airport cleaner and a Customs officer with ICPC Integrity awards.
President Muhammadu Buhari has honoured Mrs Josephine Ugwu, a former cleaner at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, who found and returned millions of naira forgotten in the toilet by airport users with an ICPC Integrity Award.
The President presented the honour after he declared open a 2-Day National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector.
Ugwu had on different occasions returned millions of naira found in the course of her duty, including the sum of $12 million forgotten in the toilet by an airport user.
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Also honoured an Asst Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Abubakar, who rejected a bribe of $412,000 per container offered him by drug traffickers seeking to bring 40 containers of Tramadol into Nigeria.
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On more than one occasion, Mrs Josephine Ugwu, a former cleaner at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, found and returned millions of naira forgotten in the toilet by airport users. Today it was my privilege to present her with an ICPC Integrity Award. pic.twitter.com/PsQT4u5Elc
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) November 19, 2019
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Also found worthy of honour was Bashir Abubakar, an Asst Comptroller-General of Customs, who rejected a bribe of $412,000 per container offered him by drug traffickers seeking to bring 40 containers of Tramadol into Nigeria. A fine example of incorruptibility,worthy of emulation. pic.twitter.com/VJ47pSy14u
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) November 19, 2019
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In the course of his speech at the Summit, Buhari stressed the need for Nigerians to uphold the traditionally cherished values of honesty and integrity.
‘‘Let me again note with concern the need to uphold the values of loyalty, honesty, trust, and integrity that were once cherished in our public service.
‘‘Ethics and integrity are the foundation of an enduring society.
‘‘Nigerian culture does not tolerate dishonesty. Therefore, we must reclaim our traditional values of honesty, integrity and hard work.
‘‘In spite of the few bad eggs, I am delighted that many Nigerians still hold on to our traditionally cherished values of honesty and integrity.’’
