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The National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTP), also known as the Household Uplifting Programme, is a social safety net program run by the Nigerian government to provide financial support to poor and vulnerable households. It aims to improve consumption, health services utilization, education, sanitation, asset acquisition, and livelihoods. The program identifies beneficiaries from a National Social Register and delivers cash transfers through state and local government institutions, coordinated at the national level by the National Cash Transfer Office. It has three components: base cash transfers, conditional top-ups decided by states, and livelihood support.

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NASSCO

National Cash
Transfer
Programme
Home  Social Safety Nets Programs

National Cash
Transfer Programme

The National Cash Transfer Programme also

known as Household Uplifting Programme (HUP)
is one of the social safety nets programmes
anchored by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The programme commenced in September, 2016.
It was conceived as part of the Federal
Government of Nigeria’s (FGN) larger growth and
social inclusion strategies aimed at addressing key
social concerns in the country.

It is a component of National Social Safety Nets

Project (NASSP) which is supported by the World
Bank, to provide financial support to targeted poor
and vulnerable Nigerian households.

The programme is focused on responding to

deficiencies in capacity and lack of investment in
human capital, especially amongst our poorest
citizens. Beneficiaries of the programme are mined
from the National Social Register (NSR),
comprising State Social Registers (SR) of poor and
vulnerable households. The SRs are being
developed with the training, supervision and
guidance from the National Social Safety Nets
Coordinating Office in Abuja.

The programme is designed to deliver timely and

accessible cash transfers to beneficiary households
and sets to support development objectives and
priorities, to achieve specific outcomes as outlined
below:

Improve household consumption.

Increase in utilization of health and nutrition
services.
Improve school enrolment and attendance.
Improve environmental sanitation and
management.
Encourage household financial and asset
acquisition.
Engage beneficiaries in sustainable livelihood.

The programme has 3 components which are as

follows:

Base Cash Transfer

Top-Up based on State selected conditions
and
Livelihood support

Overall Management Responsibilities for NCTO

1. Provide technical support and stakeholder

engagement.
2. Facilitate beneficiaries’ enrolment and issue
programme card to beneficiaries.
3. Support capacity building of states and LGAs
to deliver training and sensitization by
developing training materials and training of
trainers.
4. Integrate the Payment Service Providers
(PSPs) into the systems developed under
NASSP (these are the NSR, MIS, and financial
management (FM) systems).
5. Provide effective coordination for the
payment system.
6. Provide technical and financial support to
SCTUs and LGAs to carry out their
responsibilities.
7. Conduct performance assessment, review
and reporting.
8. Liaise with MDAs and Civil Societies
Organizations to support delivery.
9. Provide framework for the co-responsibilities
for state selection.
10. Facilitate beneficiaries training, coaching and
mentoring.
11. Monitor the progress of activities at state
levels to ensure conformity to plans and
standards.
12. Provide grievance redress hub and ensure
that grievances emerging from states are
investigated and addressed.
13. Establish and implement system to minimize
fraud, error and corruption
14. Engage and supervise payment service
providers.
15. Disburse Cash Transfers to beneficiaries.

State Implementation

While NCTO’s mandate is to deliver the targeted

cash transfer across the country, the actual
implementation happens at the state level through
the State Cash Transfer Unit (SCTU). SCTU
manages and coordinates the targeted cash
transfer and livelihood intervention. Each local
government area establishes a cash transfer team
to implement activities at the community level.

To Read More, visit the official website of

National Cash Transfer Programme
www.ncto.gov.ng

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