•Advocates evidence-based solutions to challenges

Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA) has said 63 per cent of Nigerians are facing multidimensional poverty, worsened by poor implementation of policies and data driven intervention.
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Country Director, IPA Nigeria, Funmi Ayeni, stated this at Nigeria Evidence Summit, organised by IPA and tagged Translating Emerging Evidence for Impact, yesterday, in Abuja.

She said: “The 2022 multidimensional poverty index shows that 63 per cent of persons in Nigeria are multi-dimensionally poor and this isn’t just monetary poverty, it is poverty of education and access to basic infrastructure.

“Hence, the purpose of Nigeria Evidence Summit is to provide a platform, where people can come together to have conversations around the thematic areas of social protection, financial inclusion and education.

“What we are trying to do is to make sure that we have conversations that people can carry forward and will lead to lasting change and impact in Nigeria with regards to tackling the poverty challenge.”
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On hunger-induced protests in parts of the country, she said IPA was working with relevant government agencies to provide data-driven solutions to the challenge.

Chief Global Officer, IPA, Claudia Casarrotto, said leveraging global research and policy adaptability was essential to liberating nations from poverty.

According to her, IPA shares knowledge to various contexts.

“One of the big parts of our work is to share knowledge and share evidence effectively with decision makers across the globe.
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“An interesting part of our work is to bring together decision makers, practitioners and evidence lovers from various countries to learn together, share experiences and share knowledge,” she said.

Listing benefits of partnering with IPA, the Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), Prof Fatima Waziri-Azi, said her agency was deeply interested in the establishment of evidence-embedded labs by IPA, a pioneering initiative that holds immense promise in enhancing our data infrastructure and analytical capabilities.

Represented by the Director of Research and Programme Development, NAPTIP, she said: “The collaborative partnership between NAPTIP and IPA underscores our shared commitment to leveraging evidence to drive meaningful change and foster sustainable development.”
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