State Operation and Coordination Unit (SOCU)

About the Unit

The unit was created in 2016 to implement the FGN program of identification of the Poor and Vulnerable in communities and population of the State Single Register (SSR). By design of the whole program nationwide, SOCU is situated in the Planning and Budget Commission though staff are drawn from various MDAs within the Civil Service.

  • To Generate, Maintain and Update the State Single Register of Poor and Vulnerable Households necessary for planning.
  • Kaduna SOCU has a wider mandate by virtue of the fact that the State Focal Person (SFP) is the Commissioner Planning and Budget , the Unit doubles as the secretariat for the State Focal Person (SFP) on Social Investment Programs (SIPs); meaning the Unit links up with the other programmes primarily for reports and represent the SFP where necessary.

SOCU & The National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs)

The National Social Investment Programs is a portfolio of Programs created in 2015 and launched in 2016 by the FGN to deliver socio-economic support to disadvantaged Nigerians across the Nation. In other words,NSIPs was created to overcome the failings of the past and to enshrine the values and vision of the current administration for graduating its citizens from poverty through capacity building, investment and direct support. The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) designed a holistic approach for delivering the Social Investment Portfolio by embarking on the following:

Structure

States are expected to form structures in order to efficiently coordinate and implement the programs. it is expected that each State Government appoints a State Focal Person who links up with each program to effectively brief His Excellency and the FGN on the happenings. The Kaduna State Focal Person is the State Coordinator, State Operations Coordinating Unit. Every state has its own arrangement on the coordination of the NSIPs .In Kaduna the arrangement is as follows:
The Unit work closely with MDAs/LGAs in charge of each program or component to:
Development

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