FCTA Has Employed 4,000 Under SURE-P – Akinjide

Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide has disclosed that the FCT administration has through its Project Implementation Unit (PIU) has so far employed 4,000 youth under the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) of the federal government.
This is just as she said the administration is in the process of employing additional 3,000 youths under the programme, adding that the first batch of 1,000 unemployed women and youths were engaged by the FCT Administration three months ago.
Akinjide, who was reacting to media report (not Leadership), purporting that she had lied about the engagement of 10,000 unemployed women and youths under the Community Service, Women and Youth Programme of the SURE-P, insisted that the programmes was on track.
A statement by the minister, signed by her special adviser on media and publicity, Oluyinka Akintunde, reads in part, “For the avoidance of doubt, the FCT administration following thorough scrutinisation recruited 300 people for the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) while another 300 unemployed women and youths were also engaged for the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB). The administration during the period also employed 200 people each for the Development Control and Parks and Recreation Departments of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC).
“Under the second batch of the FCT SURE-P programme in November 2012, the FCTA engaged and trained 500 unemployed women and youths each for the six area councils, bringing the total number of employment under the programme to 4,000. The above facts can be verified at the above mentioned departments and agencies of the FCTA as well as the Area Councils.
“The FCTA wants to place on record that the third batch of 3,000 women and youths (500 people from each of the six area councils) is currently being scrutinised by the FCT administration in conjunction with the area councils towards ensuring transparency.”
Akinjide maintained that she had no reason to to lie about the engagement of the 10,000 women and youths, while assuring that the administration is guaranteeing transparency and equity in the processes of recruitment under the FCT SURE-P programme.