DATA COLLABORATION
NASSCO National Coordinator, Iorwa Apera (left) and Statistician General of the Federation Prince Aderemi Adeniran in a discussion during a call on the latter at the NBS Headquarters in Abuja. On Monday, 30th May 2022, a team from the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office led by the National Coordinator Apera Iorwakwagh made a call […]
Nigeria steps forward its Rapid Response Register
The Rapid Response Register (RRR) for the COVID-19 Cash Transfer optimizes targeting the urban poor beneficiaries. In January 2021, Nigeria launched the Rapid Response Register (RRR) for the COVID-19 Cash Transfer, to complement the already existing platforms under the World Bank supported National Social Safety Nets Project (NASSP), which were capturing and registering the […]
Terms of Reference: Nigeria National Social Safety Nets Project Impact Evaluation Follow-Up Data Collection January 2022
1. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) in collaboration with the World Bank’s Africa Region Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) is seeking a survey firm to collect follow-up data for an impact evaluation of the Nigeria National Social Safety Nets Project (NASSP). The NASSP is a federal-level program that provides targeted […]
Revised Draft National Social Protection Policy
NATIONAL SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY The Social Protection Policy for Nigeria is an umbrella policy framework that incorporates related social agenda paradigms intended to reduce poverty and provide a life of dignity for all citizens. Social protection is a multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approach that contributes to poverty reduction, articulating policy priorities of government towards sustainable development. […]
Terms of Reference for Conducting Disability Assessment for NASSP
NATIONAL SOCIAL SAFETY NETS COORDINATING OFFICE Terms of Reference for Conducting Disability Assessment for NASSP 1. Background The Government of Nigeria has prioritized social protection interventions as a key strategy towards reducing poverty and socio-economic vulnerabilities in the country and has partnered with the World Bank under a National Social Safety Nets Project (NASSP) to […]
Minister FMHDSD Sadiya Farouq delivers keynote address at virtual official kick-off of the Nigeria Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) survey.
Nigeria has joined many countries that have moved towards improving the efficiency of their decision-making processes through the evidence generated by MPI. “The consensus around the use of the MPI emerges from different approaches and global agreements, including the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs), which has now been replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which […]
National Senior Citizens Centre holds maiden dialogue
The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) on Monday (August 2) in Abuja held its maiden dialogue to discuss issues affecting senior citizens and how their experience and wealth of knowledge can be leveraged for increased national development and effective service delivery. The dialogue marked the first major outing of the centre since the constitution of […]
NASSCO Solicits media support for government’s poverty reduction programmes
The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) on Wednesday, 28th July held an interactive session with members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Abuja Council in furtherance of its engagement with the media and civil society. The session which held at the secretariat of the NUJ served as a platform for NASSCO to […]