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STATE OPERATION COORDINATING UNIT OF NASP/NASSCO

State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU)

Upon fulfillment of the eligibility criteria set by World Bank in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, the State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU) Gombe was constituted and established Under National Social Safety Net Coordinating Office (NASSCO) to coordinate the YESSO programme. SOCU was cleared by the World Bank becoming effective in 23 April 2017 and funds made available for YESSO activities on 7th July, 2017. Since then, SOCU has organized, planned and conducted series of YESSO activities towards the establishment of the Single Register (SR) and Unified Register of Beneficiaries (URB).

 The program uses a combination of targeting methods including geographic targeting, Community-Based Targeting (CBT), Host Community Based Identification and the application of a Proxy Means Test (PMT) for identifying and screening poor and vulnerable households for its interventions. The database of identified poor households, families or individual called Single Register (SR), can be used for selecting beneficiaries for YESSO and other targeted social safety net programs in the future as part of a social protection system.

Key Functions of SOCU

  • Creation of a common targeting mechanism to identify beneficiaries based on their poverty levels and using a combination of geographic, community-based, and household level (proxy means test) methods to minimize inclusion and exclusion errors.
  • Creation of a single register from identified poor households at the state level and creation of a Unified Register;
  • Development of an integrated MIS to track and monitor the progress made by programs at the beneficiary level; 
  • Adoption of a common payment system for the core interventions;
  • Overseeing the implementation of the respective
  •  components of the operation;
  • Preparation of annual work plans, budgets, and procurement plans for SOCU’s operations, including submission of the state budget package comprising complete packages for SOCU and intervention units.
  • Working with the implementation units within the state to carry out social and environmental safeguards and M&E;
  • Preparation of progress reports for the State Government, NASSCO, and the World Bank;
  • Audit the financial and programmes processes of the operation at state level; and
  • Submit reimbursement report to NASSCO.

The Project Development Objective (PDO)

The development objective (DO) of this support operation is to “increase access of the poor and vulnerable, using improved safety net systems, to youth employment opportunities in all Participating States and to provide Targeted Grant Transfers to the poor, vulnerable and internally displaced people (IDPs) in the North Eastern States.” Using improved safety net system would have a common targeting system and a unified registry of potential beneficiaries as major elements to facilitate basic services for poor households.

The State Operations Coordinating Unit (SOCU) was able to conduct twelve (12) rounds of Community Based Targeting (CBT) across the eleven (11) Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Gombe State.

S/NKEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR (KPI)
1.        Establish States Single and Unified Registry for selecting eligible beneficiaries for various interventions.
2Numbers of Poor and vulnerable individuals in the Single Register (SR) of YESSO in participating States.
3. Numbers of Poor and vulnerable individuals in the Unified Register Beneficiaries (URB) in North Eastern States.
4. Numbers of youths receiving cash payment in return for working in the Public Work Fare (PWF) program in each participating State.
5. Numbers of trained youths from selected benefiting households with job (increase earning) one year after completion of skills for job (S4J) intervention.
6. Numbers of vulnerable households receiving targeted grant transfers (TGT) in North Eastern States.
7. Numbers of beneficiaries of Special Grant Transfer (SGT) to Poor and vulnerable individuals in some selected States including beneficiaries of 65years and above and Disabled beneficiaries of 18-64years.
8. Numbers of direct project beneficiaries and mining from the State Social Register SSR.

All these Achievement were possible through the following component:

Component 1:- Coordination of Social Safety Net (SOCU)   

Component 2:- Public Workfare Program (PWF)

Component 3:- Skills for Job (S4J)

Component 4:- Targeted Grant Transfer (TGT)

Sub-Component 4.1:- Special Grant Transfer (SGT)

SUMMARY OF STATE SOCIAL REGISTER (SSR) COVERAGE

SSR HHs by LGA

SSR by LGA

SSR Disaggregated by Gender

SSR Annual Increase

HHS Annually

URB Register of IDPs

IDP HHs

Disability

Covid 19 Response Register

Public Workfare (Age 18 – 50)

TGT/SGT IDPs Interventions

Skill for Job

S/NPROJECTS USING DATA FROM THE STATE SOCIAL REGISTER.
GoHealth
2National Directorate of Employment.
3Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA)
4Labour Intensive Public Workfare
5Targeted Grant Transfer
6Public workfare
7UN WOMEN
8Livelihood
9State Cash Transfer Unit
10UNICEF
11Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA)