The chairman of SURE-P in Ekiti and former Speaker in the old Ondo State, Chief Femi Akinyemi,
described the scheme as a huge success and one of the best poverty alleviation strategies.
Speaking after being conferred with Award of Merit at the 2014 Usi Day Celebration on Saturday, Akinyemi condemned the states and local governments for not showing enough transparency in the disbursements of the funds to beneficiaries like the Federal Government.
He said: “The subsidy funds are being shared among the Federal, State and Local Governments. The Federal Government under President Jonathan has been using the money to empower our youths and women groups in all the communities in the 36 states and in Abuja.
“But if the APC is saying that President Jonathan has not spent the money judiciously, then the APC must explain how it has implemented its own in all their states and local governments.
“No state or local council has shown any commitment the way President Jonathan has done.
“In Ekiti alone, we have 3,000 beneficiaries who are being engaged in community services. So, indirectly, the President is improving and adding values to our local economy with the stipends being given to
beneficiaries.
“And by the time they are exited after a year, they will not just be allowed to go; we used to empower them to be able to stand on their own. So, whichever way you look at it, SURE-P has been a huge success in Nigeria,” he stated.
The ex-chairman, Ekiti State Local Government Service Commission under Segun Oni’s Government, pointed out that Fayemi failed woefully in the election because he did not put reliable structures in all the councils to reach out to the people.
“I just consider it laughable when these APC people were talking about photo or thermo chromic rigging in an election that was transparent.
Governor Fayemi lost to inexperience and incompetence. He has no viable structures in all the councils. He did not conduct local government election where people can go to seek help,” he stated.
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