OPay has introduced that customers can check their eligibility for the Federal Government’s N50,000 National Emergency Relief and Stabilisation Intervention (NERSI) by means of its USSD code and cellular app, whereas warning them towards paying charges or sharing delicate banking particulars.
The fintech firm, in posts shared on X, mentioned customers can check their eligibility by dialling *955*20# from the cellphone quantity linked to their OPay account or by means of its cellular utility.
OPay is one in every of 5 cost suppliers authorised 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 comply with the directions offered 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 mentioned customers don’t have to pay any charges to entry the relief. They additionally don’t have to disclose delicate banking info to check their eligibility or entry the help.
The firm particularly warned customers towards sharing their private identification numbers (PINs), one-time passwords (OTPs) and account passwords, or clicking suspicious hyperlinks claiming to offer 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 id data and the National Social Register, with screening to determine poor and weak households.
- The intervention covers households throughout the nation’s six geopolitical zones, with funds being made in phases. This means not everybody will probably be chosen or contacted on the identical time.
- The authorities additionally clarified that Nigerians can’t independently apply or pay to be included within the beneficiary record, as choice is predicated on its established verification course of.
OPay urged customers to stay vigilant and shield their accounts from fraudsters looking for to take advantage of 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 tens of millions of households struggling to fulfill fundamental wants regardless of some moderation in inflation.
- Nairametrics reported in September 2026 that 36.3 million Nigerians have been going through extreme meals insecurity, in response to 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 individuals, regardless of a slowdown in inflation, in response to the World Bank.
The report attributed the scenario partly to family incomes failing to maintain tempo with the cumulative results of rising costs.
