Amid several social support programmes aimed at reducing poverty and driving inclusion, only 6.1 percent of Nigerian households are aware and have received such interventions, according to a 2022 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).
The survey carried out in 2021 by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as part of the Global MICS Programme shows that out of a total of 39,632 households that were interviewed, only 6.1 percent of them (2, 418) are aware and have received external economic support or social transfers.
