Cleaner gets N7,200 bacon accession for abiding N12m

Josephine Ugwu, the airport cleaner who alternate a passenger’s baggage absolute bounded and adopted currencies to the tune of N12m has been adored with a N7,200 bacon increment.

Ugwu, who works for Patovilki Cleaning Services, a concessionaire affianced by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to accumulate the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos clean, was on a account bacon of N7,800 afore the incident.
The National Diploma alum of Our Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology, Enugu, now enjoys a N7,200 bacon increment, bringing her new bacon to N15,000.
During a appointment to the airport on Monday, PUNCH Metro interacted with Ugwu’s colleagues who bidding disappointment that such act of aberrant candor was not noticed by the government.
They argued that a association that was quick to admeasure out abuse to offenders should aswell be quick to accolade admirable behaviour.
Speaking on the activity of anonymity, one of Ugwu’s colleagues lamented that the government did not accept a ability of advantageous and auspicious admirable behaviour.
She said, “Some humans accept abused her and alleged her a fool for abiding the bag. It now looks as if what she did was wrong. Most humans will not be motivated to chase her advance if faced with agnate situation. The government should have, at least, beatific her a acclamation letter for what she did.” Another colleague, articular artlessly as Faith, aswell bidding disappointment. She said Ugwu had alternate passengers’ baggage with money in them for a almanac third time and all three had gone unnoticed.
She said, “Twice in December 2014, she alternate passengers’ baggage with huge sums of money in them.
“One independent about N600,000 and the added had abutting to N2m. if it were to be a case of burglary and she was caught, I am abiding the government would accept been quick to forward her to jail.”
Ugwu, however, said she had no abjure for what she did, but would not apperception getting compensated.
She said, “I accept that a acceptable name is bigger than riches. This adventure has taken my name far and advanced and I am blessed that it is for a acceptable cause. God’s accolade is the ultimate, but if the government will accord me a able job as promised, I will be happy.
“My aggregation on its allotment has approved and I am beholden for the management’s action. My bacon has been added and I accept aswell been promoted.”
Mrs. Eunice Anumudu, Ugwu’s administrator at the airport, accepted her candor and uprightness, adage that Ugwu had become a role model, not alone for her colleagues, but for all Nigerians.
“What she did is aces of emulation. Many humans in her shoes would accept done otherwise. She is a role archetypal to her colleagues and to all Nigerians. I will be blessed if the government can do something to animate her,” she said.