About this exercise
A list is only as good as the last time somebody checked it.
The State Social Register is the list we use to decide which homes get help. This exercise walks that list, ward by ward, and makes sure it is still true.
What the register is, and why it goes out of date.
The register is a list of homes in Akwa Ibom State. It is held by the State Social Register Custodian. We use it to send help to the right homes, to plan services, and to act fast in an emergency. Each entry is one home — where it is, who lives in it, and how those people are related. It is not a list of single people.
It follows the same standards as the national list, kept by NASSCO (the National Social Safety-Nets Coordinating Office). So a home listed here can also be recognised by national programmes.
Lists go out of date. People move. Families grow and split. People die. Names get written down in different ways. The same home sometimes appears twice. If nobody checks, help goes to old records instead of to real people.
What is new
One adult per home, checked. That is the new part.
Everything else — where you live, who is in your home, whether you qualify for help — is only being confirmed and corrected. It is not being judged again.
Setting the record straight
What this exercise is — and what it is not.
This is written into the rule book every officer works to. We put it here in plain words so that no officer and no family is left guessing.
| True It is | Not true It is not |
|---|---|
| A check that updates your details, links your home to one adult, and makes sure the record is real. | A way of throwing out anyone who cannot show a NIN or a BVN today — or a voter card, where that route is allowed. |
| A way to find homes listed twice, homes that have moved, people who have died, and details that have changed. | A new way of deciding who is poor or who is in need. Those rules do not change. |
| A safe way to fix mistakes, make complaints, and sort out ID problems. | Permission for staff to decide who gets help, add homes as they please, or delete records without approval. |
| A better base for getting help to the right homes. | A reason to print or show your full NIN, BVN or voter number in any report, printout or device. |
Who answers the ID questions
Three offices answer, and only they can.
The result of an ID check comes from the office that holds the ID. Nobody in this programme can change it.
NIMC
National Identity Management Commission
They look after the NIN. They tell us whether the number is real and whether the details match. Their answer is the result. Nobody in this programme can change it.
CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria and the approved bank channel
BVN checks go only through a lawful, approved channel under the banking system. Same rule: the bank side answers, and we only write the answer down.
INEC
Independent National Electoral Commission
They confirm voter details. We use them only for the special route for adults who need extra help. They are never a general stand-in for a NIN or a BVN.
How it reaches you
Five stages, ward by ward.
We tell your ward before officers arrive. Community leaders and ward officials hear first. So you should hear about the visit before you see one.
Stage
0Getting ready
We agree who owns the register and who may share data. We set up the NIN and BVN checks and the approved voter-card check. We write the privacy work, the data list, the ward map, the rule book and the campaign rules.
Stage
1A small test
We start in a few wards — town, edge of town and village. This tells us whether the ID checks work, whether the photo controls work, whether the age block works, whether the app works with no network, and whether officers can really use it.
Stage
2Careful growth
We roll out group by group across the Local Government Areas. We watch the daily numbers, give fast support, spot-check the quality and keep an eye on special cases.
Stage
3The whole state
We cover the wards that are left. We go back to homes we missed, check some again, and sort out ID problems and homes listed twice.
Stage
4Matching up and closing
Approved changes go into the main register. We match up the numbers, save the campaign as a record, produce a final quality report, and move to normal, regular updates.
This exercise never removes a home from the register because an ID could not be checked. No ID, a service that was down, details that did not match, a visit we missed — each one has its own route, and every route keeps your record. Handled under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.