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Nigeria coordinates humanitarian aid and poverty reduction

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Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved a national framework to coordinate humanitarian aid, social protection and poverty reduction programmes. The system is intended to limit duplication and gaps in assistance to vulnerable households, particularly those affected by conflict, according to Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approved the “One Humanitarian One Poverty Response System” (OHOPRS) framework on Wednesday, designed to coordinate humanitarian aid, social protection and poverty reduction programmes. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard M. Doro, presented the proposal to the Council, which met in Abuja, according to a statement issued by his ministry on Thursday.

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