FG Unveils $1bn HOPE-SP, Introduces Unified Humanitarian Response System
The Federal Government has launched the $1 billion Household Prosperity and Economic Social Protection Project (HOPE-SP), marking a major shift in its humanitarian and poverty-reduction strategy from temporary palliatives to sustainable pathways for recovery, empowerment and self-reliance.
The initiative, themed “From Palliatives to Pathways,” was unveiled on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, by the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON.
Speaking at the event, the First Lady commended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard M. Doro, and his team for their efforts to transform humanitarian interventions and make them more sustainable and impactful.
She said the initiatives would improve the identification, targeting and support of vulnerable households, strengthen coordination among humanitarian and poverty-reduction programmes, provide shock-responsive assistance and promote accountability and measurable outcomes.
In his presentation, Minister Doro said the launch represented a strategic shift “from palliatives to pathways,” with vulnerable households, rather than individual programmes, placed at the centre of government interventions.
According to him, the reform is designed to address fragmentation, duplication and the existence of multiple uncoordinated registries by establishing a unified national architecture linking identification, needs assessment, targeted intervention, protection, empowerment, poverty graduation and sustainable economic growth.
Doro explained that the One Humanitarian, One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS) would serve as a major system reform, integrating humanitarian response, social protection and poverty-reduction interventions within a coordinated national framework.
He said the framework would be supported by unified registries, digital delivery systems, improved financing, stronger institutions, accountability mechanisms and real-time intelligence.
Other initiatives unveiled at the event included the Emergency Shock-Responsive Cash Transfer, the FMHAPR Ministerial Blueprint, and the Humanitarian First Magazine, which will document the experiences and impact of government interventions on beneficiaries.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Olubunmi Olusanya, said the initiatives would strengthen coordination and accountability, stressing that the ultimate measure of success would be the tangible improvement they bring to the lives of vulnerable Nigerians.
Goodwill messages were delivered by Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on behalf of other governors and sub-national governments; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar A. Bagudu; former Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu; the European Union; the World Bank; and other international development partners.
The speakers commended the Federal Government’s efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s social protection and humanitarian response systems.
The event also featured a cultural performance by the Irigwe New Wave Dance Troupe from Plateau State.
