Chairman of the Nationwide Union of Highway Transport Staff (NURTW), Mr. Samuel Udeh, handed over a big sum of cash left behind by a passenger in certainly one of their parks inside Owerri Municipality to the Imo State Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma.
Udeh, accompanied by different administration group members of the union, handed over the cash to the CP on the Command’s headquarters in Owerri within the presence of journalists over the weekend.
The Imo NURTW chair narrated that when he was notified concerning the cash, which had been left on a bus operated by a union member, he thought it correct to convey it to the eye of the CP, as they’d waited in useless for the proprietor to come back ahead.
He acknowledged that integrity is the cornerstone of any profitable group, and returning the cash was a choice rooted within the new values of integrity and dedication to service, fostered by the reformation of Imo NURTW underneath his administration.
He stated, “Certainly one of my unit chairmen introduced this large sum of money to me, informing me {that a} passenger had forgotten it in certainly one of our autos. As we can not maintain the cash with us, we deemed it essential to convey it to the police for correct identification by the rightful proprietor, so we don’t give it to the incorrect particular person.
“Prior to now, individuals used to name us agberos, however since I took over the union as state chairman, I can boldly say that the union is now well-organized, reformed, and disciplined.
“This motion will go a good distance in demonstrating that the union has remodeled and must be acknowledged and handled as professionals, as a result of we assist to drive the nation’s economic system.
“Most of the people must be knowledgeable concerning the misplaced cash so the rightful proprietor can come choose it up from the workplace of the CP, Imo State Command.”
Praising the chairman and the union’s actions as a mannequin of honesty and transparency, CP Danjuma affirmed that such an act of integrity mustn’t go unrecognized, including that the motive force who discovered the cash deserved a nationwide award.
In his phrases, “For the union, by way of its chairman, to convey misplaced cash present in certainly one of their autos to the police to assist attain the rightful proprietor is what we name public belief and transparency, which requires nationwide honor for the motive force who discovered it.”
“This cash will likely be stored in our custody, whereas an announcement concerning the cash will likely be made throughout media platforms for the proprietor to come back and declare it. If, after a while, the cash will not be claimed, it will likely be paid into the federal authorities account, and the teller deposited in court docket,” Danjuma knowledgeable.
This transfer has since attracted a lot reward for Imo NURTW, reigniting conversations round transparency and ethics in public service.
