• With promotion, cash, ambassadorship

L-R: Adeoye Emiloju, chief financial officer; Indranil Gupta, group managing director/CEO; Auwal Dankode, the honest NAHCO staff; Didier Steullet, chief operating officer; and Sola Obabori, group executive director, all of NAHCO Plc, at the event to appreciate Dankode at the company’s head office in Lagos, recently

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An honest staff of Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc who recently found and returned $10,000 belonging to a passenger while cleaning an aircraft in Kano, has been showered with praises and rewards by the company.

Auwal Dankode, the staff concerned, was assigned alongside other colleagues, to clean the MS 878 operated by Egypt Air, but found the money left behind by the passenger on seat no 25H. He promptly turned the money over to the airline’s station manager.

Indranil Gupta, group managing director and chief executive officer of NAHCO Plc, while commending Dankode for being a true NAHCO ambassador who has put into use the training he received in the company, announced the handsome cash reward, instant promotion and appointment as NAHCO Brand Ambassador.

Gupta, who led the management team in appreciating the staff at the head office of the company in Lagos said, “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.”

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

The CEO pointed out that the majority of NAHCO staff exhibit these values in their everyday work in the company.

“We urge you to continue working the same with very high integrity, diligently and continue being a good NAHCO ambassador,” Gupta said.

Adeoye Emiloju, chief financial officer of NAHCO, also commended Dankode on this show of high integrity.

“The integrity you’ve displayed is not something that anyone can pretend to have. You’ve shown that it is something that is innate to you,” Emiloju pointed out.

Didier Steullet, chief operating officer, also encouraged Dankode to stay on the good path.

Steullet advised: “What you have 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.”

Sola Obabori, the company’s group executive director, added, “You’ve become a poster boy of NAHCO not only in Nigeria but all over the world because the internet makes things global. You have done something that makes us proud. In today’s Nigeria, where the value of dollars is so very high, by returning so many of them, you’ve done something commendable. For you to have seen something as valuable, and give it up, it shows that you’re a man who has purity of heart. This is very commendable and appreciated. Every well-meaning Nigerian will appreciate what you have done.”

Auwal expressed his great appreciation of the management of NAHCO for giving him the opportunity to break out from his village setting where no one has ever worked in an airport or stood close to an aircraft.

“No one in my area has ever worked at the airport. I am very grateful to NAHCO for the training they gave us and also for the opportunity to work and earn a decent living. I am greatly thankful of the NAHCO management for the honour and recognition of my effort,” he stated.

Dankode invited some of his relatives to the ceremony including Jafar Maimako, Sadam Tanko, Ibrahim Mu’azu and Yusuf Mohammed.

As brand ambassador, Auwal Dankode would grace all NAHCO major events anywhere in the country, promote its brand and have the chance to travel and interact with top officials and stakeholders of the company.