OPay has introduced that customers can check their eligibility for the Federal Government’s N50,000 National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI) by its USSD code and cellular app, whereas warning them in opposition to paying charges or sharing delicate banking particulars.
The fintech firm, in posts shared on X, stated customers can check their eligibility by dialling *955*20# from the cellphone quantity linked to their OPay account or by its cellular utility.
OPay is one among 5 cost suppliers accepted by the Federal Government to facilitate the intervention.
How OPay customers can entry the NERSI relief
According to OPay, customers can check their eligibility by dialling *955*20# and following the prompts to entry the relief.
- For these utilizing the cellular utility, OPay says they can faucet the NERSI banner on the app and observe the directions supplied to assert the help.
- Customers chosen for the intervention should full the required acceptance course of earlier than the funds are credited to their cellular wallets.
- OPay stated customers don’t must pay any charges to entry the relief. They additionally don’t must disclose delicate banking data to check their eligibility or entry the help.
The firm particularly warned customers in opposition to sharing their private identification numbers (PINs), one-time passwords (OTPs) and account passwords, or clicking suspicious hyperlinks claiming to supply entry to the relief funds.
Who is eligible for the N50,000 relief?
According to the Federal Government’s NERSI programme tips, beneficiaries are chosen from verified nationwide identification data and the National Social Register, with screening to determine poor and susceptible households.
- The intervention covers households throughout the nation’s six geopolitical zones, with funds being made in phases. This means not everybody can be chosen or contacted on the similar time.
- The authorities additionally clarified that Nigerians can not independently apply or pay to be included within the beneficiary record, as choice relies on its established verification course of.
OPay urged customers to stay vigilant and shield their accounts from fraudsters in search of to use the federal government’s relief programme.
For enquiries concerning the intervention, customers can contact the NERSI programme helpline on 0700-022-2222.
Poverty and meals insecurity in Nigeria
The N50,000 relief intervention comes as Nigeria continues to face vital poverty and meals insecurity, with hundreds of thousands of households struggling to fulfill fundamental wants regardless of some moderation in inflation.
- Nairametrics reported in September 2026 that 36.3 million Nigerians had been going through extreme meals insecurity, in line with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The report recognized battle, insecurity, displacement and excessive meals costs among the many components affecting entry to meals.
In April 2026, Nairametrics also reported that Nigeria’s poverty rate had risen to 63% in 2025, equal to about 140 million folks, regardless of a slowdown in inflation, in line with the World Bank.
The report attributed the state of affairs partly to family incomes failing to maintain tempo with the cumulative results of rising costs.
