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 […]
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. […]
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from different approaches and global agreements, including the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs), which has now been replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which […]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 […]
NASSCO trains state Information officers on nationwide rollout of Rapid Response Register
The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) over the weekend embarked on a two- day sensitization training of Information Officers from the State Operations Coordinating Units (SOCU) in 36 states and the FCT. The training is designed to adequately prepare the officers for the task of creating mass awareness preparatory for the nationwide roll-out […]
Federal and State Governments fine-tune strategy for delivery of Social Protection Programmes
Oversight of programmes under the National Social Safety Nets Project at state level lies with permanent secretaries of respective ministries In keeping with President Buhari’s goal of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty over a ten-year period, the federal government has continued to strengthen its collaboration with states for a more effective delivery of […]