SURE-P Task Force protests demolition, FG’s role in employment scam

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Spokesperson of SURE-P Task Force, Mr.Ikon Ikwuagwu, who led the protesters

Emmanuel Thomas

July 3, 2015 – Members of the Federal Task Force on Subsidy Reinvestment Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) today protested the decision of the Lagos State Government to demolish their headquarters at the old Lagos tollgate and in the process obliterating their only source of hope.

SURE -P 1The protesters stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly, some fully kitted in their uniforms, letter of employment, Staff ID cards, brandished several placards with messages such as “Exploitation, exploitation, exploitation: uniform N37,500, form N50,000, polo and cap N4,000”, among others demanded payment of all their salaries in the last three years and retention of their jobs.

They argued that before the demolition, the state government or the Federal Government  ought to have called them to a meeting to keep them abreast of the next development and their fate.

SURE-P Task force during the protest
SURE-P Task force during the protest
One of the placards displayed by protesters
One of the placards displayed by protesters

They said they that are about 51,000 and have worked for years and that some lost their lives in the process of working for the agency.

They listed those who extorted them as National Coordinator/Commandant of the agency, Alhaji Abdulrasaq Rafiu,  PDP chieftain and  Empowerment coordinator,  Chief Olabode George, Senator Ogunlewe,  Federal Task Force Chieftain, Mr. Da- Silva, Deputy National Coordinator of the Federal Task Force, Mrs. Oluremi Adeniji among others.

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