The federal government has announced plans to honour a driver to President Muhammadu Buhari.
On Tuesday, February 14, in
Abuja, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said it will reward
Saidu Afaka for returning items he recovered during the 2016 Hajj in Saudi
Arabia.
Afaka, a Kaduna state
indigene, is a staff sergeant in the Nigeria army and a senior driver to
President Buhari.
News agency of Nigeria
reports that the executive chairman of NAHCON Abdullahi Mahammad while
presenting the items to the secretary of the Niger Pilgrims Welfare Shehu Barwa
said deserves commendation for his action.
Muhammad said Barwa will
convey the recovered items to the owner Adamu Umar.
He said among items
recovered include a bag containing $400, N60,370 and 149 Saudi Riyals and a
cell phone belonging to Adamu Umar, a Niger State pilgrim.
Muhammad said Afaka found
the wallet or purse and took it to the NAHCON office in Makkah.
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“And I directed the Audit
Department to keep and trace the owner, and from our records it showed that the
owner is Umar Adamu, a pilgrim with passport Number A07432103 from Niger.
“It is my pleasure to
handover the content of this lost and found item to the Executive Secretary,
Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board for onward conveyance to the owner,” Muhammad said.
He added that the
commission would also award a 2017 Hajj slot to Afaka for his sincerity.
“The commission will reward the pilgrim, who
is a true Nigeria accordingly, and we will make sure he also join us in
performing the 2017 hajj,” he said.
Muhammad further urged
other faithfuls to emulate Afaka's sincerity and faithfulness which he
described as a mark of a true Muslim.
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