ANDEL Hopkinson, an Aviation Security Officer (ASO), was declared the winner of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) March staff lottery fund.On April 20, 2016, he received his $51,000 from Deputy Chief Executive Officer Andre Kellman.
The staff lottery is an initiative of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) Board of Directors. Every month, from January 2016, seven of the eight directors contribute their stipends to the fund.
They are Stephen Fraser, Chairman; Ramesh Ghir, Vice-Chairman; and Directors Gillian Pollard, Nadira Jaikaran, Gerhard Ramsaroop, Stuart Hughes and Sherwood Clarke.
ASOs Shareefa Yansen and Shivanie Sooklall were the respective January and February winners of the lottery.

To be eligible to participate in the lottery, employees must be permanent staff earning a basic salary less than $100,000 per month, and should not have had any written or pending action three months prior to the draw.
Further, the winners will be allowed to benefit from the lottery only once per year; therefore, the winning names will be removed from the eligible list until the process recommences the next calendar year.