The Lagos State House of Assembly has invited and honored miss Josephine Ugwu,the Airport Cleaner who returned N12M she found at the Murtala Mohammed International airport Ikeja Lagos to the Airport security in January.
Miss Josephine attended the Plenary on Monday with some Friends and Co-workers,she was presented a letter of commendation and undisclosed sum of Money by the deputy speaker of the house Mr Kolawole Taiwo.
“for her act of honesty and patriotism for returning the sum N12 million on Friday, 23 January, 2015.”that is what the letter of commendation is for,Mr Kolawole thank Miss Ugwu for leveraging the image of Nigeria through her honest act.she was congratulated by different house member some calling for an Institution to be named after her to send a message to the youth
“Your conduct has positively affected the image of Nigeria internationally. It is an act worthy of emulation. Because of this we decided to hold a special parliamentary session to celebrate your honesty, integrity, uprightness, sincerity, truthfulness and patriotism. We truly believe in you,” the letter stated.
She thank the House for honouring her.
“I never expected that I will be honoured to be in this Assembly let alone being recognised and honoured by this institution,” she said while adding that she was only doing her duty according to the rules of the organisation she works with and according to the training she received from her parents.
“My family trained me not take anything that does not belong to me.
“I also want to prove to the world that Nigeria is a good country with people of integrity unlike the wrong impression they have about the country,” she said, adding that this was the third time since December 2014 that she would be returning money left behind by passengers to the airport security.
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