Chairman of the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) in Kwara State, Mr. Moses Ibiyemi, denied yesterday insinuations that some non-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have been removed from the scheme.

Ibiyemi, who made the denial in a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen in Ilorin, assured that the 3, 500 people recruited under the scheme from the 16 local government areas of the state are still fully engaged.

“None of the 3, 500 members of SURE-P in Kwara State has been dismissed on political or any other ground till date,” the statement said. He said contrary to the negative impression being created that non-PDP members were being eased out of the scheme, SURE-P is a Federal Government project designed to benefit all Nigerians regardless of their ethnic, religious or political background.

Ibiyemi also added that President Goodluck Jonathan had never called for the termination of appointment of loyalists of other political parties who are currently beneficiaries of SURE-P programme in any part of the country.

The statement described the rumour as false, baseless and a calculated attempt to tarnish the good image of the Mr. President and the PDP. He advised the people of the state to disregard such rumour in its entirety.