The Subsidy Re-Investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE -P) has said that 126,122 graduates have registered online for the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) project.
The SURE-P Convener, Community Service, Women and Youth Employment, Mr Audu Maikori, said yesterday at the weekend that the scheme was however targeted to create opportunity for 25,000 graduates.
He said the project only needed 25,000 graduates who would be attached to 7,000 firms across the country.
The SURE-P official said the beneficiaries would be mentored by the firms to enhance their employment opportunities.
"So far the following have been achieved: 126,122 graduates have been registered on the scheme online till date and 4,450 firms have been registered to assist in the programme. "Six hundred and seventy graduates have been matched with some of the firms and 5,589 are still to be hired," he said.
Maikori said also that SURE-P had been able to increase the beneficiaries' stipend from N18,000 to N25,000 since July 2013. He added that some state governments had indicated interest in paying an additional N10, 000 each to the beneficiaries to support the efforts of SURE-P for the scheme.
"I think that is a great thing. What we are trying to do is to work more.
"We are also reaching out to a lot in the corporate community, such as business organs and SMEs who I think will be the biggest beneficiaries.
"These small companies need support, especially when the government is not giving them loans, At least the manpower is free," Maikori. He said SURE-P would continue in 2014 to partner with state governments and the business community which services the various state governments.
"Having done that of Lagos state in December, we want to focus our attention on Kano state or Kaduna state and reach out to the people in the first quarter of 2014.
"We will go to the South-South, to a place such as Port Harcourt, especially where there are a lot of companies and not just in any state, but where the region has the most number of companies," the SURE-P official said.
Speaking on challenges the programme had been facing, Maikori said the major one was the perception of politicians that the scheme was a PDP project. "Many people are yet to believe in the selection process. The common thing is that people are expecting that they should all benefit from the programme at the same time,"the official said.
He expressed hope that many Nigerians would understand the benefit of the programme and key into it, with the sensitization programme to be embarked upon in 2014.
Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 07:35:29 GMT by busari
Each time i hear or see this Sure-Pgraduate empowrmnt of a thing increases my doubt of success for this nation.because since late 2011 have submited my entryapplication in FG Secretariat in Ibadan oyo state likewise that of my colleagues=no response at all....so i wonder if this is meant for any graduate ?or has there benefactor graduate?
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Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 07:37:19 GMT by busari
Each time i hear or see this Sure-Pgraduate empowrmnt of a thing increases my doubt of success for this nation.because since late 2011 have submited my entryapplication in FG Secretariat in Ibadan oyo state likewise that of my colleagues=no response at all....so i wonder if this is meant for any graduate ?or has there benefactor graduate?
No. 3
Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 07:53:52 GMT by xk
na dia way ooo,its neva open,ngozi okonjo iwela once said d growth of d economy is not reaching d poor mass and dats wat we re witnessing
No. 4
Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 08:32:10 GMT by yakubu
I am a benefactor of the said project and currently working with UBA to be honest not everyone will benefit but if you have applied at all you just have to remain positive.. also try to check your mail regularly Co's I almost miss mine. good luck friends....
No. 5
Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 10:15:14 GMT by Theodora ijeoma
How do i register?
No. 6
Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 11:32:25 GMT by shedrach
what is the GIS website,so that we can apply for the sure p programme?
No. 7
Posted on Tue 14th Jan, 2014 12:22:26 GMT by ENO ENO ETENG
HOW DO I REGISTER IN THIS SURE-P
No. 8
Posted on Wed 15th Jan, 2014 12:12:13 GMT by ibekwe ezinne chinaza
Satisfactory
No. 9
Posted on Fri 17th Jan, 2014 21:03:01 GMT by Ajisafe
How do i register
No. 10
Posted on Sat 18th Jan, 2014 09:24:43 GMT by Tajudeen
kudos to govt's effort. I have registered
since but nothing yet.
No. 11
Posted on Sat 18th Jan, 2014 13:15:12 GMT by onyebara valentine, obinze
please how do i register?
No. 12
Posted on Sat 18th Jan, 2014 18:24:36 GMT by Mathias Jija
nice project, keep eleveting Nigerians.
No. 13
Posted on Sun 19th Jan, 2014 07:40:11 GMT by SAMUEL
D PROGRAM IS REAL,I M A BENEFICIARY. LOG ON TO www.wyesurep.gov.ng/ to register and remain positve while you always check your mails.am undergoing my training now in owerri imo state and they pay us as they said.thanks to GOD and federal govt together with ministry of finance......NIGERIA IS GETITING BETTER... ITS WELL
No. 14
Posted on Wed 22nd Jan, 2014 06:56:53 GMT by Keme Amanah
Management of SURE-P, I am still waiting to get reply from you. I just hope it is not made for your family members,friends and relations only. God BLESS Nigeria!
No. 15
Posted on Thu 23rd Jan, 2014 17:41:46 GMT by Ezekiel Akubo
How can I register? Please open up to us. This should not be underground affairs. Open it to everyone who wish to apply. Thank you.
No. 16
Posted on Wed 05th Feb, 2014 10:30:53 GMT by Ndubuisi Ifeanyichukwu E.
More power 2 ur elbow. I have registered but have seen the effect
No. 17
Posted on Fri 07th Feb, 2014 02:48:59 GMT by Emadedo Joseph
I am directing my statements, pertaining sure-p, to Mr President. The said project is not a reallity, yet in Delta State where i am from. Sincerely, i'm one of the many jobless and self reliant university graduates we have in the country today. Confirmed, i did my online registration in the early days of your puclication with hope of relief. But little did i know that the project is an invisible, especially in the context of delta state. I know i speak the mind of many like myself and i use this opportunity to seek your full attention to our anticipation. That Uniben geographer like me job hunts without end is wasteful of all of us in this country. My purported internship in the geospatial technology industry matched with a solid geography background should have meant a lot for the country's overall economic developwent- your own targeted goal. But here i am in a place called Jesse Town, my home town, an oil rich community, left with nothing to call my own except for my 9 member family who needs support that never come, yet For me, you are working in ways that will catapult this great nation to the very greater height... In the areas of electricity supply everyone can feel the push forward. And then your rare courag.e even in the midst of challenges and all odds. I'm personally convinced that you mean well for this country like no one else does.. Don't go now. I plan to revote you by 2015. But remain God-ly. Thanks, and more grease to your elbow, my President.