Nigeria

The work injury regulatory framework was enacted in Nigeria before independence in 1960, while laws on sickness and maternity as well as old age, disability and survivors were introduced after independence. In 2007, Nigeria introduced a pilot social assistance programme named In Care of the Poor, with the objective of reducing vulnerabilities and stopping intergenerational transmission of poverty among the poorest households. The programme, which reached 22,000 household participants, had a minimum monthly cash amount of US$18.8 and maximum of US$62.65. In 2012, a Community Services Women and Youth Employment programme was introduced and reached 123,049 individual participants with a monthly transfer ranging from US$41.32 to US$137.72. In the same year, a Maternal and Child Health programme started with the objective of improving maternal and child health through an incentive-based programme. The programme had 26,461 participants in 2015. In 2013, a Child Development Programme was launched and it reached 60,000 households in 2017.