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President Buhari today, during the Summit on #DiminishingCorruption presented Integrity Awards to ACG Bashir Abubakar of Nigeria Customs Service and Mrs. Josephine Ugwu of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria for showing exemplary character in the discharge of their duties. ImageImage
In 2018, ACG Abubakar declined a $412,000 (N150m) bribe offer by drug traffickers while serving as Comptroller of Customs at Apapa, Lagos.
Mrs. Ugwu while working at Enugu and Lagos Airports returned various sums of money she found including $12m on 23rd January 2015. She was today presented with a gift of a furnished House in Lagos and a token.

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