The Turkish Airlines has rewarded an employee of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company, Mr Salami Ibrahim, with an all expenses paid return ticket to Istanbul, Turkey.
He was rewarded for submitting the sum of £25,000 and €5,000 he found inside an aircraft at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
A statement by the airline said Ibrahim, who is a cabin cleaning team leader, found the wallet containing the amount during a routine cleaning of an aircraft belonging to a different airline.
The NAHCO employee had been rewarded with a rebate ticket by the Turkish Airlines Station Manager at the airport, Mr. Ovunc Bilgen.
The ticket, it said, had however, been upgraded to a full return ticket by the Managing Director of the airline in Nigeria, Mr. Ali Bulut, who said Ibrahim deserved it for his honesty.
The statement quoted Bulut as saying, “this is an act that should be rewarded and encouraged because it is good for aviation industry in Nigeria,’ adding that ‘even though the incident did not take place on Turkish Airlines’ aircraft, we are happy that it happened at least in the industry.”
He added, “Where I come from, good behaviour is rewarded even if it is not directly to you. We appreciate Ibrahim so much and this is worthy of emulation for other aviation personnel that they must be trusted at all time and that good gesture such as this will surely be rewarded. We are rewarding him with full free return ticket to Istanbul and he will be assisted in his visa application for the trip as well. “
The statement quoted Ibrahim as responding that “when I found the wallet inside the aircraft while cleaning it, I submitted it to security and airline personnel and the passenger came to collect the wallet in my presence. I want to thank Turkish Airlines for rewarding me on this. I thank them”
According to the statement, a similar act had happened in September 11, 2009 when Ibrahim found a wallet on the same airline with a large amount he could not remember.
The amount was later returned to the owner. A letter of commendation was given to him by NAHCO for this praiseworthy act.
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