Facts emerged on Thursday that the National Social Register (NSR) of the most vulnerable Nigerians across the country was conceptualised in 2016 with 8 or 9 States, with the support of the World Bank.
In response to an inquiry from Nigerian Tribune, the Communications Manager of the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO), Mr Joe Abuku, disclosed that “the process of capturing individuals and households for the National Social Register commenced in 2016.
“This process is community-driven and coordinated at the State level by State Operations Coordinating Unit (SOCU), under the oversight supervision of State Ministries of Budget and Planning.
“The targeting process adopted to identify poor individuals and households is the Community-Based Targeting approach, where members of a community are divided into groups of women, men, youth, and, in some cases, persons with disabilities.
“They are then requested to define poverty within the context of their community and proceed to identify the community members they consider poor and vulnerable.”
According to him, “Each of the groups would generate a list of people, and this is harmonized by all three groups.
“The list is made in three copies and signed off by a male and female community member nominated to be the grievance redress volunteer, a copy of which is left with the community, the second copy is held by the Local Government Community Development Desk Office, and the third copy is held by the State at SOCU.
“The list is then used by SOCU to deploy enumerators to the community to capture information about each of the households listed.
To achieve these five categories of information are collected: Locational information, demographic information, socio-economic details, assets owned by the household, and the dwelling characteristics of each household.
“The five categories of information cover about 138 data variables that must be filled in for each household, including details of household members.
“This process has taken place in over 150,000 communities, in 8,000 federal wards, and 764 LGAs across all 36 states and the FCT.
“The registers are owned by each State Government, and the Federal Government only collects a copy of each State Social Register into the national database to form the National Social Register (NSR).
“The NSR is, therefore, an aggregate of all State Social Registers (SSR). The SSR goes through various checks and validation processes before it is accepted into the database.
“NASSCO provides the oversight for the data quality and assurance, by deploying MIS and systems check processes, including third-party monitors engaged from Civil Society for the purpose of monitoring both registration and payments processes, as well as the grievance redress mechanism deployed to address complaints/concerns around inclusion and exclusion issues,” Mr Abuku noted.
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