Bishop Mike Okonkwo presenting the gift to Josephine Ugwu
Josephine Ugwu
The General Overseer of The Redeemed
Evangelical Mission, Bishop Mike Okonkwo, on Sunday rewarded the honest
Airport cleaner, Miss Josephine Ugwu, who found N12m and returned it to
the owner.
Though the amount given to the lady was not disclosed by Okonkwo, unconfirmed TREM source said Ugwu got some millions of naira.
The General Manager, Operations, TREM,
Pastor Yomi Uteh, who confirmed the Okonkwo award, also did not disclose
the amount Bishop Okonkwo gave the lady.
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 N8,000 before the incident.
Before this development, Ugwu’s employer had increased her monthly salary from N8, 000 to N20, 000.
The Lagos State House of Assembly, had
Monday, said it had concluded plans to honour the National Diploma
graduate of Our Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and
Technology, Enugu.
Her organisation apart from increasing her salary had also gave her N20,000 cash and a freezer.
Bishop Okonkwo was reported to have applauded the lady’s honesty and urged Nigerians to emulate her.
The Punch
Posted by Ambassador T. Brikins
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