The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction has obtained the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval to unify humanitarian help, social safety and poverty discount underneath a coordinated system.
This is contained in an announcement signed by the Senior Technical Adviser on Information Systems and Data Analysis, Office of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Abimbola Fasanu, on Thursday.
The minister, Dr Bernard Doro, mentioned that the framework can be often called the One Humanitarian One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS).
Doro mentioned that OHOPRS was designed to deal with duplication, gaps in protection and poor coordination amongst authorities businesses, improvement companions and humanitarian organisations.
He mentioned the framework would make sure that susceptible Nigerians obtained coordinated assist, transferring past emergency help to restoration, resilience and financial independence.
“For too lengthy, humanitarian help, social safety and poverty discount have operated as separate interventions.
“OHOPRS brings them together, so that vulnerable Nigerians are not simply assisted during emergencies but supported along a structured pathway towards recovery, resilience and economic independence,” he acknowledged.
According to the minister, the framework locations households on the centre of planning, service supply and influence measurement via a data-driven system.
Under the association, households displaced by battle, for example, would obtain emergency reduction, together with meals, shelter and healthcare, whereas additionally being linked to social safety, schooling, expertise acquisition and livelihood assist.
He mentioned the strategy was meant to make humanitarian help the place to begin for long-term restoration and self-reliance quite than an remoted intervention.
Doro mentioned the FEC approval moved OHOPRS from a nationally adopted framework into the formal structure of the Federal Government.
He mentioned the success of the reform can be measured by how successfully interventions labored collectively to enhance the lives of Nigerians, quite than the variety of programmes carried out.
He added that OHOPRS was developed with technical enter from improvement companions and different stakeholders at a workshop held on the UN House in Abuja in March 2026.
He additionally recalled that the framework was unveiled on August 26 by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, alongside the minister, in Abuja.
He famous that with the council’s approval, the ministry would work with authorities establishments, subnational authorities, improvement companions and different stakeholders to implement the framework.
OHOPRS is a key pillar of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, via which the Federal Government seeks to strengthen social safety and scale back poverty throughout the nation.
Doro additionally defined that he had offered the memorandum to the council on Wednesday. (NAN)
