The committee for the implementation of the Subsidy Re-Investment Programme, SURE-P in Kaduna State has said that over 2 billion Naira intervention fund has been released and spent to improve education, healthcare and Infrastructure.
Following various controversies surrounding the release and implementation of funds under the programme, the committee said that it has discharged its duties in line with the objective of establishing the programme by the Federal Government.
At a media conference on the implementation of the 2012 SURE-P funds accrued to the state, the Deputy Governor, Nuhu Bajoga, who is also Chairman of the SURE-P Implementation Committee, said that six sectors for intervention; education, health, agriculture, youth empowerment and security were identified by the committee, and were given attention under the programme.
The breakdown of the budget showed that infrastructure was allocated the highest amount of 833 million Naira, followed by youth and women empowerment which received 487 million Naira. Education and health were allocated 216 million and 93 million Naira respectively.
The Deputy Governor also denied allegations by the State Assembly in June that over N560 million 2012 SURE-P fund was missing, explaining that no single kobo was misappropriated by the committee.
While the committee prides itself of having successfully committed the SURE-P funds into judicious use, indigenes of the state are hoping that the interventions made by the committee in various sectors of the economy in the state would soon start yielding positive result.
