The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P)
has set aside N15 billion to pay allowances of unemployed graduates
participating in its Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS).
Head of its GIS, Akubo Adegbe, disclosed this to newsmen in Minna
on Sunday.
Mr Adegbe said each of the 50,000 participants to be recruited for the
internship programme would earn N25, 000 monthly.
He said the scheme was aimed at providing participants with requisite
experience in various disciplines preparatory to securing jobs.
Mr Adegbe said the graduates would be placed in firms and
organisations, non-governmental organisations and selected
government agencies on a one-year internship.
“The interns are expected to acquire professional skills, training and
work experience to improve their job-placement opportunities.”
“The Federal Government will be responsible for paying monthly
stipends to them, while participating institutions will be expected to
provide adequate opportunities for training and mentoring,” he said.
Mr Adegbe said that the scheme would enhance chances of the
50,000 unemployed graduates through improvement on their skills
during the internship programmes.

He urged the graduates to ensure that they registered for the scheme.
The management of SURE-P funds, drawn from savings from
government spending on petrol subsidy, has been hit by controversy
and allegation of mismanagement.

The government promised to use the funds to address unemployment
and infrastructure.

The Senate said the government has failed to provide names of the
beneficiaries of funds already paid out.

Worse, the senate committee on SURE-P said last week the
government has failed to account for N500 billion of the total sum.

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not sure yet if to call this a good news