The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Bernard Doro, “to disclose details of the funding, implementation and administration of the ₦50,000 National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI), including beneficiary selection, payments, contracts with digital financial service providers and safeguards against political interference.”
SERAP’s request follows the ministry’s public statement of 30 October 2026 announcing NERSI, which is intended to provide ₦50,000 in financial assistance to vulnerable Nigerians. However, questions remain about the programme’s funding, geographical coverage, and engagement of digital financial service providers.
SERAP urged the minister “to disclose
