The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has inaugurated the “One Humanitarian-One Poverty Response System OHOPRS,” a national initiative aimed at lifting 50 million Nigerians out of poverty by 2030.
Unveiled at a National Technical Workshop at the UN House in Abuja, OHOPRS is designed as a unified national architecture to end poverty in Nigeria, where over 63 percent of citizens face multidimensional poverty.
Dr Doro highlighted persistent challenges in the humanitarian sector, including structural gaps, fragmented coordination across MDAs states and local governments, uncoordinated beneficiary registers, inefficient funding, and duplicated efforts that fail to reach vulnerable populations.
He explained that OHOPRS will integrate humanitarian relief long term development, and social protection into a single system. Key principles include one system, one register, one poverty exit pathway, and one national coordination platform to ensure synergy, accountability, and measurable outcomes.
“OHOPRS is more than a reform; it is Nigeria’s blueprint for lifting our people from poverty to prosperity. The focus is shifting from the poverty line to the prosperity ladder,” Doro said.
Minister of State Dr Tanko Sununu added that OHOPRS allows for coordinated planning execution tracking and measurement across sectors, combining immediate humanitarian aid with sustainable social mobility and long term development goals.
The workshop saw participation from international organisations including the International NGO Forum, European Union, UNOCHA, IOM, UNICEF, ECHO, the World Bank, and subnational stakeholders. They pledged support for the implementation of the OHOPRS, underscoring the importance of collaboration in achieving national poverty reduction targets.
The initiative reflects President Bola Tinubu’s vision of a comprehensive poverty eradication strategy built on data driven governance and a unified national system that ensures no citizen is left behind.
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