NAHCO rewards cleaner who returned $10,000 found in aircraft

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) Plc has rewarded a staff member of the company, Auwal Dankode, who found and returned $10,000 while cleaning an aircraft in Kano.

In a statement on Saturday, Dankode was hosted at the company’s headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for his good deeds.

Dankode was assigned alongside other colleagues, to clean the MS 878 passenger aircraft operated by Egypt Air.

In the process of carrying out his duty, he found the money left behind by the passenger on seat No 25H, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, last Wednesday and quickly handed the money over to the airline’s Station Manager.

The Group Managing Director/CEO of NAHCO, Indranil Gupta, announced a cash reward, instant promotion and appointment as NAHCO Brand Ambassador.

“We are truly proud of the exemplary character exhibited by Auwal. He is a true NAHCO ambassador and an embodiment of what NAHCO stands for, honesty, integrity, diligence and hard work,” Gupta, who led the management team in appreciating the staff member said.

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“We celebrate your being and we want this to be just the beginning. Let the values which your family has instilled, guide you and groom you into ideal leader, which everyone will be proud of.”

Gupta pointed out that the majority of NAHCO staff exhibit these values in their everyday work in the Company.

He urge Dankode to continue working the same way with very high integrity, diligence and continue being a good NAHCO ambassador.

Also speaking on the occasion, the Chief Financial Officer of NAHCO, Adeoye Emiloju, commended Dankode for exhibiting high integrity.

Emiloju said the integrity Dankode has displayed is not something that anyone can pretend to have, that he has shown that it is something that is in him.

The COO, Didier Steullet, also encouraged Dankode to stay on the good path because What he has done is very good.

“You’re the example not only of the week but probably of the year. My only recommendation is that please keep going on the same way.

“Remain yourself and don’t get carried away with the adulation that you are receiving on social media. You need to remain grounded and make a difference in the world. Stay on the nice side of the ‘force’ and your life will be good.”