SURE-P Registers 3,000 Participants In Benue

The Federal Government’s Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) said last Thursday that it had registered 3,000 participants in Benue State.

The Tide source reports that the participants were registered under the Community Service for Women and Youth Empowerment (CSWYE).

The Benue State  Coordinator of the programme, Mr Samuel Utoo, said while inaugurating the programme, in Makurdi that it was aimed at reducing poverty in the state.

“This programme is intended to take you off the streets by providing you with a means of livelihood, you must therefore, utilise the assistance, to serve your communities to the best of your capabilities.’’

Utoo said the programme started late in the state owing to administrative hi-cups.

He however assured that another batch of 2,000 participants would be recruited in July.

The coordinator charged the participants to be committed to their assignment, warning that laxity would not be condoned.

The Chairman, Makurdi Local Government, Mr Godwin Donko, urged participants to be hard working, to justify the resources of government.

Represented by the Deputy Chairman, Mrs Victoria Ayoosu, Donko said the programme was not a local government programme where “people will stay at home and collect salaries at the end of the month”.

The traditional ruler of Makurdi, Chief Sule Abenga, represented by the District Head of Walomayo, Chief Dominic Akaahan, said the programme would address youth restiveness in the country.

He commended the federal government for the initiative.

“Before the end of this administration, youth restiveness in any form would have been completely tackled through this programme.”

The ceremony was attended by the zonal directors of the scheme in the state, including officials of the National Directorate of Employment.