The federal government has launched the One Humanitarian, One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS), a major national framework aimed at coordinating poverty reduction and humanitarian interventions across the country.
The initiative was unveiled on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard M. Doro, during a high level technical workshop at the United Nations House, with participation from United Nations agencies, development partners and key national stakeholders.
Dr. Doro said the new system seeks to address longstanding challenges of fragmentation and duplication in intervention programmes, noting that more than 63 percent of Nigerians currently experience multidimensional poverty. He stressed that the issue is not a lack of initiatives, but the absence of a coordinated structure to deliver measurable impact.
Describing OHOPRS as a “unified national architecture,” the minister explained that the framework integrates humanitarian assistance, social protection and development programmes into a single system guided by the principle of “One System, One Register, One Pathway.” He added that the approach is designed to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability in reaching vulnerable populations.
The initiative also aligns with the federal government’s target of lifting 50 million Nigerians out of poverty, leveraging digital systems, harmonised data and a whole of government strategy.