The Federal Executive Council (FEC), has approved the One Humanitarian One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS), a national framework that brings humanitarian assistance, social protection and poverty reduction together under one coordinated system.
The memorandum was presented to the Council by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard M. Doro. OHOPRS is a key pillar of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the framework through which the Federal Government aims to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
For years, programmes for vulnerable Nigerians have run largely in isolation across government, development partners and humanitarian organisations. The result has been duplication, gaps in coverage, and families who receive emergency help with no clear route to recovery.
OHOPRS is not another programme but a system reset. It works as a data-driven national operating system, placing the household at the centre of planning, delivery and measurement. A family displaced by conflict will still receive food, shelter and healthcare, but under OHOPRS the same household will also be connected to social protection, education, skills training and livelihood support, so that relief becomes the first step towards self-reliance.
“For too long, humanitarian assistance, social protection and poverty reduction have operated as separate interventions. OHOPRS brings them together, so that vulnerable Nigerians are not simply assisted during emergencies but supported along a structured pathway towards recovery, resilience and economic independence,” Minister said.
Dr. Doro said the approval moves OHOPRS from a nationally adopted framework into the formal architecture of the Federal Government, and that the true measure of the reform will be how well interventions work together to improve the lives of Nigerians, not how many are undertaken.
OHOPRS was created with technical input from development partners and other stakeholders at a workshop held at the UN House, Abuja, in March 2026. It was unveiled on 26 August 2026 by the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, alongside the Minister, at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
With FEC approval secured, the Ministry will work with government institutions, subnational authorities, development partners and other stakeholders to put the framework into practice.