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| credits: chukky Nwakky
| credits: chukky Nwakky
The
Federal Government on Monday threatened to prosecute any intern or firm
that engages in fraudulent activities capable of scuttling the Subsidy
Reinvestment Programme.
The Assistant Director, Monitoring and
Evaluation, SURE-P, Mr. Aremu Najeem, said this in Calabar, Cross River
State, during the commencement of a three-day orientation training for
graduate interns and firms’ representatives.
He said the government was committed to the ongoing Graduate Internship Scheme as part of the subsidy.
“While this, Government remains
committed to the objectives of the GIS for the benefit of Nigerians; we
would not hesitate to prosecute fraudulent interns and firms who would
like to abuse the government’s good intentions.
“Therefore, I wish to re-affirm the
government’s commitment to this unique scheme and urge that both
firms/organisations and interns justify this gesture for the betterment
of the country, ‘’ Najeem said.
The training, which is aimed at enabling
the interns optimise their internship period by developing useful
skills and positive work habits, was organised by the Federal Ministry
of Finance as part of SURE-P of the Federal Government.
Najeem said that the three-day
orientation training was designed to provide the interns with the skills
they need to function properly in the workplace.
“And prepare them to better appreciate some life requirements essential to fulfilling destiny,” he said.
According to him, part of the objectives
of the orientation training include providing interns the opportunity
to developing useful skills and positive work habits as well as to
expose participants on life after internship.
“Also, it is to provide them with
opportunity to share experiences with other participants, including
partner representatives on opportunities and challenges in the
workplace. It is to contribute to service delivery and performance of
partners,” he said.
The assistant director said that the
thrust of GIS was to bridge the gap between school and labour market and
to provide the graduates with something to do and a means of
livelihood.
He said that some beneficiaries of the
scheme have successfully utilised the window of opportunity provided by
the scheme to becoming entrepreneurs in various skills.
He said that the duration of the scheme
is one year after which another batch of beneficiaries would take over,
adding that 50 participants were participating in the training.
“These include 38 interns drawn from
graduate-residents in Cross River and who are between the ages of 18 and
40 years and 12 firms representatives,” he said.
According to him, the beneficiaries would be given the sum of N30,000 each to start business.
A representative of one of the firms,
Mr. Ettah Mathew, who is a Regional Sales Manager, Wehtam Matts B
(Nig.), described the initiative as very good. He commended the Federal
Government for the scheme.
He said his firm would ensure that they
keep to the rules guiding the scheme. He also ensured that the graduates
attached to them were well treated.
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