Labour Ministry takes over community service scheme of SURE-P, assures full project implementation

[FMINigeria]

                        The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Clement Illoh has assured Nigerians of his ministry's readiness to implement in full the objectives and targets of the Community Service Scheme of Sure-P which was recently handed over to the Ministry of Labour and Productivity by the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Speaking during the handing over, the Permanent Secretary who was represented at the occasion by the Director of Human Resources Management in the Ministry,  James Ogwuche avowed that the ministry will ensure successful implementation of the scheme through  ensuring that set targets are met.

James Ogwuche expressed appreciation to the Project Director of Women and Youth Empowerment Project (CSWYE) in the Ministry of Finance, Peter Papka for effective management of the scheme in the Finance Ministry. He explained that the Community Service Scheme (CSS), an arm of CSWYE of Sure-P is aimed at providing temporary job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths, women and the vulnerable in the society with a target of five thousand people per state annually, including the Federal Capital Territory.

While delivering his remarks at the event, the Project Director, Peter Papka recalled that the CSWYE project was initiated at the Ministry of Labour, whilst elaboration of the concept, project design and implementation was done at the Federal Ministry of Finance.

He added that the project was initiated under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) to ensure that the unemployed youths, the vulnerable and women benefit from the accrued proceeds of the partial withdrawal of fuel subsidy.

Peter Papka indicated that the scheme has already engaged 120,000 people out of the 185,000 persons targeted for the year 2013; adding that it has become imperative for all transactions to be done directly with the beneficiaries, whereas supervisors should stick to prescribed   work hours for beneficiaries to earn their pay.

Via: Federal Ministry of Information (FMI) Nigeria