The National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) released the list of the National Social Register of Poor & Vulnerable Households by states.
The Agency disclosed that the:
“Register is available to be mined for COVID19 response measures targeting the poor & vulnerable.”
NASSCO, however, explained the reason some states like Ogun and Ekiti states were excluded from the list was because those states were not yet captured.
“The states yet to be captured like Ogun and Ebonyi are those still in the process of building their register. The govts of both states are giving the process full support,” NASSCO explained.
The agency further said that “a gateway for registered poor and vulnerable households to access social interventions or welfare packages by the government, philanthropy, NGOs and/or businesses.
“The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is using the list to reach the extreme poor with cash transfers.
“The cash transfer is currently paying 1 million poor and vulnerable households.”
