AUGUST 16, 2013
The Vice Chairman of SURE-P in Ebonyi, Ngozi Iheanachor, said on Friday that 3000 youths and women in the state had benefitted from the programme.
Iheanachor, who is the Coordinator of the National Directorate of Employment in the state, said in Abakaliki that the beneficiaries were recruited under its community service youth and women empowerment project.
She said the beneficiaries were deployed to communities to engage in community services such as environmental sanitation, traffic control in markets and vigilance services, among others.
“The programme has impacted positively in reducing unemployment among women and youths.
“The exercise is the first in the community service empowerment programme of the SURE-P and no fewer than 2000 women and youths would be employed in the second batch before the end of September.
“The programme is a well thought out programme to keep the unemployed women and youths busy and thereby reduce crime in the society,’’ Iheanacho said.
The NDE coordinator said the directorate, which coordinates the programme, had worked out measures to sustain the programme and ensure its success.
“We usually monitor and evaluate the activities of the beneficiaries on daily basis to ensure that the programme is not compromised.
“Our community support officers are in various communities charged with the responsibility of ensuring that the employees are doing what is expected of them,” she explained.
Iheanacho said the directorate had also created desk offices to coordinate the activities of the programme in each of the 13 local government areas.
“We have developed strategies and mechanisms that will ensure the success and sustainability of the programme and no indolence will be entertained from any beneficiary.
“We monitor and receive reports from our field officers at the communities and local government levels,’’ she said.
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