Here is the real Josephine Agwu, ( not the one in the photo
previously being circulated ) who works as a cleaner at the
Murtala International Airport in Lagos. This woman whose
salary is just N7,800, on January 23rd, found a bag containing
$27,000 which is about N5.4 million equivalent, and returned
it to airport security who in turned announced for the owner to
come forward and. claim it. The heroic cleaner narrates how it
all happened to Vanguard...
"I am from Enugu State, from Obonkpa in Nsukka Local
Government. I live at Agbotukunyo in Agege. The incident
happened on the 23rd of January 2015. I was on morning
duty. So as I was sweeping around 6:30pm, I saw the bag on
the ground and there were some passengers there so I
thought that the bag could belong to one of them. But as I
closed at 7:20pm, the person to relieve me on duty came that
time. I was going to the toilet again, I saw the same bag
there. Then I told the passengers sitting there that they
should be mindful of the bag because once they announce the
flight they may forget it. They replied that the bag did not
belong to them. Three of the passengers left, so I then picked
the bag and took it to the FAAN security people. At first, they
put the bag on the screening machine, before they opened the
bag and discovered that there were many envelops in the bag
containing money in different currencies including dollars. As
they were counting it, I saw an NDLEA woman accompanied
by one man and both of them were coming towards us. They
said that the man could be the owner of the bag. So when
they came in, they interviewed the man and the man
mentioned the amount of money and the colour of the bag.
Before then, they had counted the money and it was exactly
the amount that the man said. Then they carried the money
and gave to the man for him to count. After counting, they
asked him if the money was complete, he said yes and they
snapped him picture. They asked him again about three times
and they told the man that, 'look at the woman that picked
your bag', and the man was looking at me. His name is Mr.
Obinna Samuel. They told him that he should thank his God
that if it were another person, that person would have run
away with the bag but this woman didn't do that. So I left
and the man took the money and put inside the bag and went
away. Then FAAN security personnel called me back, and they
took my number On-Duty-Card (ODC) and my name. That
was how it happened. People are praising me, FAAN said that
they are going to give me automatic employment but I have
not heard from them till now. People should appreciate what
they have. People do a lot of bad things because they are not
happy with what they have. With the little I earn, I try to
manage it well. If I can't manage that small money that I
earn, even if I begin to earn N1 million, I will still not know
how to manage it. So, I am telling every Nigerian to be happy
in any situation they find themselves. Don't be faster than
your shadow because so many things will go wrong.
Sometimes things get bad because people want to be like
others. All fin gers are not equal. It is true that God promised
those who serve him riches, but people should be careful how
they go about it. I am telling people to have pa tience. It is
because people want quick money that is why some people
become thieves. On the part of my management, in fact they
are happy, all my supervisors. In short they are doing good
things for me, even they are carrying me like egg, even my MD.
They have added money to my salary. In short, my manager,
Madam Eunice has been doing many things for me since the
incident, praising me. She said that she knows that she can
trust me, and that I cannot see anything that does not belong
to me and I take it away" she said
Josephine explains that because of her are gesture, her
company has decided to increase her salary from N7,800 to
N15,000 monthly and also the management of FAAN has
promised to make her a permanent staff...
"FAAN (Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria) said that they
are going to give me automatic employment, but I have not
heard from them till now. On the part of my management,
they are happy, all my supervisors. In short, they are doing
good things for me. Now, they carry me like egg, even my
MD." Josephine said
It was also gathered that the Lagos state House of Assembly
on Monday February 22nd at its plenary session decided to
invite Josephine to the House to honor her for her honesty.
