Pres. Buhari has expressed his desire for Nigerians to emulate two security men who returned a handbag filled with valuables forgotten at the Murtala Muhammad Airport by an American returnee.
Such conduct, he said, reflected the new Nigeria that all desire.
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A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, reads A Lagos-based medical doctor, Banji Oyegbami, had met a family returning from America at the airport on August 18, 2018. .
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In the process of loading their luggage into the car of their host, the handbag of the returnee’s wife fell, unknown to anyone.
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“It was not till 90 minutes later that an officer of Halogen Securities, on duty at the airport, called the couple, to come for the retrieved bag.
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When the bag was eventually collected, the contents, including a handsome amount of American dollars, phone, wrist watch, and other valuables were intact.
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The grateful couple offered a generous gift, but Messrs Francis Emepueaku and Achi Daniel; declined, saying they were merely doing their duties.”
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According to him, President Buhari believed that despite the scoffing of a minority number, Nigeria is resolutely on the road to a new dawn. The President said “Honesty remains the best policy. .
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We must exhibit such behaviour in whatever position we find ourselves, whether high or low.”