The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Bernard Doro, has appealed for sustained international humanitarian financing and stronger strategic partnerships to support millions of vulnerable Nigerians facing insecurity, displacement, food insecurity and climate-related challenges.
   
Doro spoke in Brussels, Belgium, during a series of high-level meetings with members of the European Parliament, Leire Pajín and Hana Jalloul Muro, as well as senior European Union (EU) officials, where discussions centred on the future of humanitarian response, social protection and poverty reduction.
  
In a statement, Doro’s Senior Technical Adviser on Information Systems and Data Analysis, Dr Abimbola Fasanu, said the engagements focused on strengthening collaboration between Nigeria and the EU amid the declining global humanitarian aid.
   
Fasanu said Doro stressed the need for governments and development partners to maximise the shrinking development resources by replacing fragmented interventions with coordinated, efficient and results-oriented systems capable of delivering lasting benefits to vulnerable populations.
   
He also presented Nigeria’s One Humanitarian, One Poverty Response System (OHOPRS), describing it as a comprehensive framework for integrating humanitarian assistance, social protection, and poverty reduction into a unified national response.
   
According to him, the “objective is to build smarter systems that maximise available resources and deliver lasting impact for vulnerable communities. Through stronger coordination and strategic partnerships, we can achieve greater efficiency and better development outcomes.”
   
While mentioning the federal government’s efforts to strengthen social protection, humanitarian response and economic empowerment programmes, Doro said the magnitude of current humanitarian needs requires sustained support from development partners and the international community.
   
He also called for greater investment in durable solutions for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), including skills acquisition, livelihood support, social inclusion, and community resilience programmes aimed at helping displaced persons rebuild their lives.
   
Doro further called for enhanced technical assistance, institutional capacity building, knowledge sharing and strategic partnerships to support the implementation of OHOPRS and strengthen Nigeria’s humanitarian response architecture.