Tribune No missing N500bn from SURE-P funds - FG Written by - TopicsExpress

Tribune No missing N500bn from SURE-P funds - FG Written by Olawale Rasheed - Abuja Tuesday, 19 November 2013 00:00 THE Federal Governmemt has denied media reports that N500 billion is missing from SURE-P funds, clarifying that N500 billion that was shared to states and local governments is the amount that is wrongly described as missing. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to Minister of Finance, Mr Paul Nwabuikp the minister explained that “the total expected funds for SURE-P from subsidy savings for the Federal, state and local governments is N816 billion from February 2012 to December 2013,” adding that “SURE-P started in February 2012.” “The Federal Government portion managed by the Kolade Committee for the period February 2012 to September 2013 is N300 billion after deductions for stabilisation and other special accounts. “As Dr Christopher Kolade confirmed to the National Assembly recently, this is the amount which SURE-P at the Federal level has received from the Federal Government. The balance of N500 billion went to the states and local governments which also have their own SURE-P programmes,” the statement said.