Halogen Security Limited, the firm providing security services at the multi storey car park of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos has rewarded two of its staff: Achi Daniel and Francis Emepueaku with N250,000 ( two hundred and fifty thousand naira each ) for the recovery of a bag containing foreign currencies and other valuables to it owner
At an award ceremony at the company’s headquarters in Lagos on Thursday, the duo ; security officers attached to the car park were honoured for their honesty in the course of carrying out their duties.
Mr. Achi and Emepueaku on August 18, 2018 found and returned a bag containing dollars and other valuables items to the owner, a lady who just arrived Nigeria from the United States.
The security firm said it decided to honour the security officers to celebrate their honesty and examplary conduct.
The firm also offered them scholarships that would enable them acquire a Diploma in Security Management.
Group Managing Director of Halogen Securities Limited, Mr. Wale Olaoye described them as security heroes.
Olaoye said the action of the Halogen guards is a pointer that light can come out of Nigeria, appealing to other professional to emulate the high level of integrity demonstrated by Messrs Achi and Emepueaku.
Commending the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Olaoye said “today, what we may see as inconsequential has caught global attention. It is work in progress and we are in the pursuit of excellence. If FAAN didn’t give opportunities to Nigerians who have caught their teeth in their professional endeavors, we will not be celebrating what we are celebrating today”.
He pointed out that, if the two Halogen guards can make this positive impact at this level; then Nigeria must have wasted that capability to make change.
He stressed that Halogen has a system that supports and monitor their staff wherever they may be, since the last 26 years.
In an earlier message to Halogen Security Limited, Dr. Banji Oyegbami, a Lagos based medical practitioner and a family friend of the owner of the lost bag who witnessed the incidence expressed hope that Nigeria will be great again with men of integrity such as are being raised by Halogen Security Company Limited.
‘I was really surprised at the level of honesty and integrity displayed by Mr. Francis and Mr. Achi Daniel both of Halogen Security and I think they should be commended. There is no doubt, Nigeria is going to be great again with these kind of new breed of professionals ’’, he said.