The Chairman, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), Gen. Martin Agwai, has described the media as the force behind the popularity of SURE-P in the country.
Agwai said this at the SURE-P end of year dinner for Journalists in Abuja.
He said that because of the constructive criticism of the media, it had helped Nigerians to see the benefits of the SURE-P in the country.
“We are here to celebrate the success of a well nurtured relationship between the media and SURE-P.
“We are grateful to those of you who, apart from being critical of the job we are doing, took out time to specially proffer very sincere and helpful solutions.
“Without your tremendous support, understanding, solidarity and cooperation, it would have been pretty impossible for us to get to where we are now,” he said.
Agwai assured the public that SURE-P would continue to make judicious use of its share from the partial removal of subsidy to improve on relevant infrastructure in the country.
Earlier, the President, Nigerial Union of Journalists, Mr Muhammed Garba, thanked SURE-P for making its office always accessible to the media.
He said that it shows the integrity, openness and transparency of the SURE-P.
Also, the Editor-In-Chief, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Isaac Ighure, urged the media team of SURE-P to work harder to make sure that Nigerians were kept abreast of its accomplishments.
He urged them to publicise and involve the media more in all its activities, especially in monitoring and evaluation of projects.
Ighure also called on SURE-P not to compromise the quality of its projects, to ensure their completion.