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. […]
Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development Status of NSR 22nd September 2020
Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development Status of NSR 27th April 2020
Despite a period of strong economic growth and improvements in many dimensions of welfare, extreme poverty remains a pervasive and complex phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa (referred to as Africa in this report). Part of the agenda in recent years to tackle poverty in Africa has been the launching of social safety nets programs. Particularly, the […]
This Project Implementation Manual (PIM) for the National Social Safety Nets Project (NASSP) in Nigeria is a source of guidance on project concepts, objectives, principles, and procedures. The main objective of this manual is to guide the staff involved in the implementation of NASSP. It is designed to provide practitioners with a step-by-step approach to […]
This is a process of devolving responsibilities of decision making as relates identification of poor and vulnerable to community members.
This is a process of devolving responsibilities of decision making as relates identification of poor and vulnerable to community members.
Nigeria accounts for 20% of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and is projected to be the third most populous country in the world with over 400 million people by 2040. It is a lower-middle income country that is large and richly endowed. Yet, it hosts more of the world’s extreme poor today than any […]