Why President Buhari's Driver Deserves a Reward - Hajj Commission Boss, Abdullahi

Speaking on Tuesday during a presentation at the federal capital, Abuja, Abdullahi Muhammad, the executive chairman of National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), said that  President Muhammadu Buhari’s driver, Saidu Afaka, who returned lost items during the 2016 hajj in Saudi Arabia, will be rewarded for his honesty.

While presenting the lost items to Shehu Barwa, the executive secretary, Niger Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muhammad said Afaka found and returned to the commission, a bag containing $400, N60,370, 149 Saudi Riyals and a cell phone belonging to Adamu Umar, a Niger state pilgrim.

He explained that Afaka, a pilgrim from Kaduna state, found a wallet or purse and he took it to the commission’s office in Makkah.

He said; “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 hand over the content of this lost and found item to the executive secretary, Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board for onward conveyance to the owner.”

Muhammed said the commission would honour Afaka, a staff sergeant in the Nigerian Army and a senior driver to the President, with a slot to travel for the 2017 hajj.

“The commission will reward the pilgrim, who is a true Nigerian accordingly, and we will make sure he also join us in performing the 2017 hajj,” he said.