The World Bank says Nigeria’s spending on social protection—just 0.14% of its GDP, far below global and African averages—has no meaningful impact on poverty. In its new report, The State of Social Safety Nets in Nigeria, the Bank found that all social protection programmes combined reduced poverty by only 0.4 percentage points. It blamed the weak results on poor targeting, small benefit sizes, and fragmented implementation.
Between 2015 and 2021, about 60% of Nigeria’s safety-net funding came from foreign donors, mostly the World Bank, raising sustainability concerns. Although the National Social Safety Nets Programme (NASSP) has reduced poverty by over 4 percentage points among its beneficiaries, the report says only 44% of total benefits from all government schemes actually reach poor Nigerians.
The Bank urged Nigeria to increase domestic funding, expand coverage, and redesign benefits to reflect household size if it wants its social spending to truly reduce poverty.
Between 2015 and 2021, about 60% of Nigeria’s safety-net funding came from foreign donors, mostly the World Bank, raising sustainability concerns. Although the National Social Safety Nets Programme (NASSP) has reduced poverty by over 4 percentage points among its beneficiaries, the report says only 44% of total benefits from all government schemes actually reach poor Nigerians.
The Bank urged Nigeria to increase domestic funding, expand coverage, and redesign benefits to reflect household size if it wants its social spending to truly reduce poverty.
The World Bank says Nigeria’s spending on social protection—just 0.14% of its GDP, far below global and African averages—has no meaningful impact on poverty. In its new report, The State of Social Safety Nets in Nigeria, the Bank found that all social protection programmes combined reduced poverty by only 0.4 percentage points. It blamed the weak results on poor targeting, small benefit sizes, and fragmented implementation.
Between 2015 and 2021, about 60% of Nigeria’s safety-net funding came from foreign donors, mostly the World Bank, raising sustainability concerns. Although the National Social Safety Nets Programme (NASSP) has reduced poverty by over 4 percentage points among its beneficiaries, the report says only 44% of total benefits from all government schemes actually reach poor Nigerians.
The Bank urged Nigeria to increase domestic funding, expand coverage, and redesign benefits to reflect household size if it wants its social spending to truly reduce poverty.
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