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The National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO), says it has so far captured more than 68 million poor and vulnerable Nigerians into the National Social Register (NSR).

NASSCO disclosed this on Tuesday in its verified social media handle on Instagram nassco_nigeria.

The agency also explained that the figure represented a total of 19 million vulnerable Households across the 36 states and the FCT.

Recall the idea behind the NSR is to create a comprehensive database of poor and vulnerable households in the country.

This is to assist government design, coordinate and integrate social safety-net programmes into social protection systems including the distribution of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to vulnerable Nigerians.

Ms Funmi Olotu, the National Coordinator of NASSCO said in her mission statement that, the national social register would ensure that social protection initiatives are targeted, impactful and evidence based.

”Our goal is not just to help, but to create a lasting platform that empowers families and communities to overcome the daily challenges they face.

”We are committed to transparency’’ she said.

However, some Nigerians have expressed mixed reaction over the process of disbursement of the CCT to beneficiaries.

Mr Dantala Ahmed, an enrolee of the defunct N-Power Programme in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, told Newsmen that, the current distribution of N25, 000 was not done in a transparent manner like the previous ones.

”In 2019, we were given physical cash because the coordinators came down to Gwagwalada and we were asked to queue-up. Once your name appears in the register, you will be called to collect the money.


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/03/68m-poor-nigerians-captured-in-national-social-register-official/