A total of 3,500 people in Oyo State have
been empowered under the Subsidy Re-
investment and Empowerment
Programme (SURE-P) project.
Launching the programme in Ibadan
yesterday, President Jonathan through
the Minister of Labour and Productivity,
Chief Emeka Wogu, noted that those who
benefited from the project comprised
1,982 males and 1,518 females, with all
the beneficiaries of the project
currently working in 144 service units
spread across all the 33 local
government areas of the state.
He stated further that the beneficiaries
had received a total of N246.8 million as
stipends, while a total sum of N29.9
million had been remitted to the state as
running/management cost between
February and September 2013.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi, while receiving
the minister said, “when you look at a
state with about 10 million population
and we are saying only 1,000 or 2,000
people have benefited, to me, this is
terribly low.”
The governor also advised that such a
life-transforming programme should be
done without any political consideration.
According to him, if the Peoples
Democratic Party-led Federal
Government discriminates against other
political parties in the management of
SURE-P, its aims would be defeated.
Consequently, he called for the setting
up of a committee comprising
representatives of both the Federal
Government and state governments in
each of the 36 states of the federation
that would run the programme.
He also said that such committee, if
constituted, would ensure synergy
between the Federal Government and
the state government on the SURE-P
scheme and other similar empowerment
and poverty alleviation programmes of
the states.
“I also like to suggest that we have
synergy. When I say synergy, I do not so
much like the idea of SURE-P being
managed without having a committee of
SURE-P with that of the state
government that will regularly meet and
monitor progress,” the governor said.
“What I will, therefore, like to suggest is
that if we can quickly increase our rate
of penetration and impact, and the
quantum of participants, it will be
better,” Governor Ajimobi said.
been empowered under the Subsidy Re-
investment and Empowerment
Programme (SURE-P) project.
Launching the programme in Ibadan
yesterday, President Jonathan through
the Minister of Labour and Productivity,
Chief Emeka Wogu, noted that those who
benefited from the project comprised
1,982 males and 1,518 females, with all
the beneficiaries of the project
currently working in 144 service units
spread across all the 33 local
government areas of the state.
He stated further that the beneficiaries
had received a total of N246.8 million as
stipends, while a total sum of N29.9
million had been remitted to the state as
running/management cost between
February and September 2013.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi, while receiving
the minister said, “when you look at a
state with about 10 million population
and we are saying only 1,000 or 2,000
people have benefited, to me, this is
terribly low.”
The governor also advised that such a
life-transforming programme should be
done without any political consideration.
According to him, if the Peoples
Democratic Party-led Federal
Government discriminates against other
political parties in the management of
SURE-P, its aims would be defeated.
Consequently, he called for the setting
up of a committee comprising
representatives of both the Federal
Government and state governments in
each of the 36 states of the federation
that would run the programme.
He also said that such committee, if
constituted, would ensure synergy
between the Federal Government and
the state government on the SURE-P
scheme and other similar empowerment
and poverty alleviation programmes of
the states.
“I also like to suggest that we have
synergy. When I say synergy, I do not so
much like the idea of SURE-P being
managed without having a committee of
SURE-P with that of the state
government that will regularly meet and
monitor progress,” the governor said.
“What I will, therefore, like to suggest is
that if we can quickly increase our rate
of penetration and impact, and the
quantum of participants, it will be
better,” Governor Ajimobi said.
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