Towards The Harmonization of Social Protection System in Nigeria: The Quest for Social Inclusion
Journal Title: International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 11
Abstract
President MuhammaduBuhari Administration is committed to the attainment of social inclusion in Nigeria, which entails investing in social programmes and amenities in support of the poorest and vulnerable members of the society. The recently adopted National Social Protection Policy contains comprehensive policy measures and programmes that can meet this desire. Unfortunately, ‘social protection’ is not mentioned in the current development plan of Nigeria called, the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan nor in the 2018 National Budget presented to the National Assembly, even though the activities that aptly fall in the domain of social protection are contained in these official documents. It is in putting these strands together under a single action perspective that the social inclusion objective can be attained in a sustainable manner. This is the imperative of harmonization which is to create a system with internal cohesion and a sense of community among social protection stakeholders. The analysis shows that the social protection environment in Nigeria is internally not at variance with itself because of the adoption of a common approach and framework by stakeholders even though working independently in the recent past. However, major sponsors of social protection have institutional idiosyncratic nuances which do not threaten the common social protection framework in Nigeria. This is a boon to the harmonization sought.Thispaper highlights the issues and measures of harmonization of social protection in Nigeria.
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EbebeA. Ukpong Ph. D
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