Nigeria Launches Unified System to Combat Poverty

On Wednesday, the Federal Government of Nigeria launched a unified national system designed to tackle poverty and improve humanitarian responses across the country. The initiative was unveiled in Abuja by Dr. Bernard M.

Doro, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, during a high-level technical workshop involving United Nations agencies and development partners. The new system, referred to as the One Humanitarian Response Platform (OHPR), aims to address the long-standing challenges of fragmented and duplicative intervention programs.

Dr. Doro noted that 63% of Nigerians currently experience multidimensional poverty, emphasizing that the issue stems not from a lack of initiatives but from the absence of a coordinated structure to deliver impactful measures. The OHPR framework integrates humanitarian assistance, social protection, and development programs into a single system guided by principles on registration and pathway approaches.

This initiative aligns with the federal government's target to lift 50 million Nigerians out of poverty by leveraging a digital system that harmonizes data across government strategies.