PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPOINTS NEW SURE-P CHAIRMAN

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPOINTS NEW SURE-P CHAIRMAN

General Martins Agwai

In furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Mr. Ishaya Dare Akau as the new Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P).

Mr. Akau, whose appointment takes immediate effect, replaces Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.) who served as Chairman of the SURE-P until today.
The new SURE-P Chairman hails from Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State and holds Bachelors’ Degrees in the Arts and Law.

Mr. Akau comes to the job with years of experience as a high-level administrator in the nation’s public service. His record of service includes tenures as Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Education Board and Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission.

President Jonathan thanks the outgoing Chairman of SURE-P, Gen Agwai for his service to the nation and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
March 10, 2015

SURE-P spends N280bn in two years

General Martin Agwai (retd.), Chairman, Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), on Monday said N280 billion had been spent out of N360 billion allocated to the programme since inception.
He made this disclosure in an interview with State House correspondents at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan.
Agwai, however, said that N80 billion was rolled over out of the total allocation of N360 billion between 2012 and 2014.
“Out of the N360 billion that was allocated to us, we rolled over N80 billion, so we spent about N280 within the period.

“That was what we used to get the East-West road to where it is today; the rail line running from Kano to Lagos and all the works that have been done.
“So, you can imagine if the over N1 trillion that was spent on subsidy is released for this kind of work, Nigeria will get the best of services,” he said.