Following the death of Major-General Mamman Kontagora  week, President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of General Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.) as the new Deputy Chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P).

General Agwai was a former Chief of Defence Staff.

The highly-decorated General who also held several other  military appointments within and outside the country, including Deputy Force Commander  of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone and Force Commander of the African Union Mission in Sudan, has been a member of the SURE-P Committee since its establishment by the Jonathan Administration in February last year.

The committee is charged with the responsibility of managing and reinvesting the Federal Government’s share of the savings from the partial removal of the subsidy on fuel in programmes and initiatives that will improve the living conditions of ordinary Nigerians.