National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)

Name

National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO)

Legal name

National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office

Website

https://nassp.gov.ng

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Protection Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Social Assistance (624), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) and Emergency Livelihood Support (BPAGAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Financial Assistance & Benefits Navigation Services (BPAGAEAK), Cash & Voucher Assistance (CVA) / Emergency Social Assistance (BPADADAI), Cash Assistance & Social Safety Net Delivery for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAH), Emergency Shelter, NFIs & Winterization for Displaced Populations (BPADAHAG), Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK), Emergency Management & National Resilience (Civil Protection) (BPAIAAAI), Food Assistance & Safety Nets (In-Kind, Vouchers, Cash Transfers) (BPADAJAA)

Keywords

• Social safety nets
• Cash transfer programs
• Vulnerability targeting
• Social protection policy
• Poverty registry database

Headquarters

HQ city

Abuja

HQ country

Nigeria

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. World Bank Funding: International Development Association (IDA) committed $500 million through the National Social Safety-Nets Project (NASSP) to support social protection systems and NSR development
2. Federal Government Funding: Nigerian government matched World Bank contribution with $1.3 billion from its own budget, demonstrating strong national ownership of the social protection program
3. NG-CARES Programme: Over $645 million reimbursed to states through NG-CARES Programme Phase 1, with Phase 2 (2025-2027) receiving additional financing for social protection interventions

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

NASSCO coordinates Nigeria's national social safety-net agenda by maintaining the National Social Register (NSR) — a unified digital registry of poor and vulnerable households built using Proxy Means Testing, Community-Based Targeting, and Geographic Targeting — and by supporting the delivery of federal social protection programs including the National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTO/HUP-CCT), Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO), Community and Social Development Project (CSDP), NG-CARES 2.0, and Rapid Response Register (RRR) for shock-responsive support. Its services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries and are funded through federal budget allocations and grants from development partners such as the World Bank.

Product overview

NASSCO operates as Nigeria's central coordinating body for social safety nets, managing a platform-based ecosystem of interconnected programmes. The core product is the Nigeria Social Register (NSR), a comprehensive database of poor and vulnerable households that serves as the foundational platform for all social protection interventions. The NSR powers multiple delivery programmes including the National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTO/HUP-CCT) for direct cash transfers, the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) for community-driven grants, and Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) for employment and skills training. Additional components include Shock-Responsive Support for emergency response, the NG-CARES 2.0 programme for expanded coverage, the Rapid Response Register (RRR) for crisis situations, and a Grievance Redress System accessible via the 969 toll-free line. The NSR-NIN Integration initiative links household records to national identity infrastructure. Together, these products form an integrated social protection architecture designed to ensure targeted, transparent, and effective delivery of support to Nigeria's most vulnerable populations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nigeria Social Register (NSR): Nigeria's trusted database of poor and vulnerable individuals, built to ensure that help reaches people who need it most with transparency, speed, and dignity
• National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTO)
• Community and Social Development Project (CSDP)
• Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO)
• NG-CARES

Products and services

• National Social Register (NSR) Unified, nationally mandated digital database of poor and vulnerable Nigerian households, used by federal and state agencies, and development partners to identify and target beneficiaries of social protection programs.
• National Cash Transfer Programme (NCTO / HUP-CCT) Federal cash transfer program providing regular payments to poor and vulnerable households identified via the NSR, including the Household Uplifting Programme – Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP-CCT) component.
• Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) Program providing skills acquisition, small grants, and social support to unemployed and vulnerable youth across Nigeria, coordinated through NASSCO and state structures.
• Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) Community-driven development initiative funding small-scale, community-prioritized infrastructure and social projects in poor and vulnerable communities.
• NG-CARES 2.0 (Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus) Donor-financed emergency and recovery program providing cash transfers, livelihood support, and economic stimulus to poor and vulnerable households affected by COVID-19 shocks.
• Rapid Response Register (RRR) Shock-responsive register enabling NASSCO and partners to quickly identify and support households affected by economic, health, or climate shocks outside the routine NSR cycle.
• NSR-NIN Integration Integration of the National Social Register with the National Identification Number (NIN) database managed by NIMC, providing identity verification and deduplication for social protection beneficiaries.
• Grievance Redress Mechanism (969 Hotline) Toll-free (969) hotline and grievance handling system that enables beneficiaries of federal social protection programs to register complaints, disputes, and feedback.
• NSR Data Access Program Controlled-access program that allows vetted federal, state, and development-partner agencies to use NSR data for their own social protection targeting and program design.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 70 million individuals from poor and vulnerable households enrolled in NSR
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Five-day Advanced Training on Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) at University of Oxford, strengthening Nigeria's capacity to apply multidimensional poverty evidence in social protection design and delivery
• Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership on medical outreach programs in Niger Delta region, distribution of ambulances, medical equipment, and upgraded diagnostic tools across nine NDDC states
• Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) / Office of the First LadymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025First Lady's initiative providing free medical outreach, healthcare, education, agriculture, and economic empowerment interventions using NASSCO's targeting system
• NG-CARES ProgrammecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Collaboration with World Bank and federal/state actors targeting over 19 million households through NSR data for enhanced social protection delivery
• United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUN agency collaborating on social protection initiatives for children and vulnerable populations in Nigeria
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on poverty reduction and development programs leveraging NSR data for targeted interventions
• International Labour Organization (ILO)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on employment and social support programs targeting vulnerable youth and workers
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on protection and assistance for refugees and internally displaced persons
• World Food Programme (WFP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on food security and nutrition programs using NSR for targeting vulnerable households
• GIZ (German Development Agency)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman development agency partnership on adaptive social protection and technical cooperation
• UN WomenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on gender-sensitive social protection and women's empowerment initiatives
• Save the ChildrenmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGO partnership on child-focused social protection and humanitarian programs
• Action Against HungermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on nutrition and food security programs for vulnerable populations
• Tony Elumelu Foundation / Heirs HoldingsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUtilized NSR as credible database to identify and reach most vulnerable for transformative interventions
• National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration of National Identification Numbers (NIN) with NSR records to eliminate duplication, improve transparency, and strengthen social protection data architecture
• National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecond Project Implementing Unit under NASSP, managing Household Uplifting Programme - Conditional Cash Transfers (HUP-CCT) using NSR data

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP): Ethiopia's flagship cash and food transfer programme targeting food-insecure households with public works components; closely aligned with NASSCO's YESSO public workfare and HUP-CCT conditional cash transfers.
• Indonesia Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH): Indonesia's conditional cash transfer program serving 10M+ households with integrated targeting and beneficiary management; comparable in scale, conditionalities, and use of a national registry as the program backbone.
• Kenya's National Safety Net Programme (CT-OVC / HSNP): Kenya's national cash transfer programs targeting orphans/vulnerable children and vulnerable households under a single social protection platform; directly comparable to NASSCO's HUP-CCT and state-level targeting architecture.
• Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF): Tanzania's flagship national safety net programme operates a community-based targeting registry and cash transfer program across regions; comparable to NASSCO in mandate (coordinating national cash transfers backed by a community-vetted household registry).

Broad incumbents

• South African Social Security Agency (SASSA): National agency administering South Africa's social grants to ~18M beneficiaries; comparable scale of welfare delivery, beneficiary registry, and direct federal-to-beneficiary model.
• India's Aadhaar-linked Social Protection Programs: India's Aadhaar-linked DBT and welfare delivery ecosystem that uses a national biometric ID to deduplicate and target welfare beneficiaries — directly analogous to NASSCO's NSR-NIN integration strategy.
• Brazil Bolsa Família / Cadastro Único: Brazil's flagship CCT and unified household registry (Cadastro Único) covering tens of millions of vulnerable households; the canonical global reference for large-scale CCT and registry integration.

Regional players

• Ghana LEAP Programme: Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty cash transfer programme targeting extremely poor households; similar in design (proxy means testing, national targeting database) but smaller scale and Ghana-specific.

Others

• UNDP / UNICEF Joint Social Protection Operations: Multilateral partners actively working with NASSCO on social protection design; comparable as the global development-network layer that funds and shapes national social registry ecosystems.
• World Bank Social Protection & Labor Global Practice: The funding/technical partner that has committed $500M IDA to NASSP and convenes social protection advisory work globally; relevant as the upstream donor/architect behind NASSCO and most comparable registries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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