September 17, 2025 – National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) is a scam that is not from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction.
The scam website napep-gov.ng has been deceiving the public for months and collecting money from unsuspecting people, claiming it is for NIN verification.
The fraud began around April 2025 and presented itself as Nigeria’s Rapid Response Register (RRR) under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) initiatives of the National Social Safety Nets Project (NASSCO). Notice how the site uses napep-gov.ng instead of napep.gov.ng. Only verified government programmes are allowed to use ‘.gov.ng’ after a domain registrar verification process.
The scammer behind the programme strategically added the words ‘Poverty Programme’ to make it look real. A phone number, +234 703 778 1825, is even listed on the website. The fake site looks simple and avoids mentioning any government agency or its official. This is to avoid incriminating the person behind the scheme, or forcing people to contact the officials for confirmation.
For example, the Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalization Programme (YEIDEP) website, yeidep.org, clearly shows the Federal Ministry of Youth Development (FMYD), its stakeholders, and partner banks.
The FMYD has publicly acknowledged YEIDEP, and the Minister, Comrade Ayodele Olawande, has also spoken about it. This is not the case with NAPEP because it is fake and not authorised by the federal government.
Even mainstream media such as The Nation Newspaper published a story about this programme without realising it was fake. The programme also promises N100,000 per month. A scam!
NASSCO is the recognised federal programme for poverty eradication. There is an ongoing payment of N25,000 and activation of CCT-HoPE-RRR beneficiaries’ ATM cards for 2.1 million households, managed by the National Cash Transfer Office (NCTO). This was earlier confirmed by the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Tanko Sununu.
Back in August, NAPEP scammers sent SMS messages to alleged beneficiaries claiming they were shortlisted, making the scam look real. The fake application form continues to run without any deadline. This means endless shortlisting while the scammer continues to collect money.
The public is hereby advised that the authentic federal government intervention website is nassp.gov.ng. The FG will never ask applicants to pay money for empowerment programmes. This scam uses fake NIN verification as a way to steal from people. The general public is hereby warned that NAPEP has nothing to do with the federal government of Nigeria, and is a scam.