246. It must be recalled that this project seeks to narrow a part of the housing deficit recorded every year
across the country. According to the statistics provided by the National Statistical Institute (INS), the
annual demand for housing units is 5 000 in Niamey and 40 000 across the national territory. But the
buildings are estimated to be a little more than 4 000 in the capital and close to 12 000 all over the
country.
247. Africa Tech and Global Gate are to support many other promoters as a means of assisting the
Government in the commitment it made in July 2016 to provide the country with 25.000 housing
units as part of the improvement of livelihoods among Nigeriens. The overall cost of this operation is
estimated at 320 billion CFA francs with a government counterpart contribution of 44 billion CFA
francs.
248. Through its social housing units policy, the Government seeks to bring down the proportion of
the population living in indecent or poor housing facilities from 28.8% in 2012 to 20% in 2021.
G. Right to Social Security: Article 16
249. The following achievements recorded are an additional information to the last report and they
include, among others:
The establishment of an Inter-Ministerial Social Protection Coordination Committee
(CICPS) and a Technical Stakeholders Implementation Committee of the National Social
Protection Policy (CT/ PNPS). Niger has initiated the process of reviewing and assessing the
PNPS;
The review of the enactments regulating social security aims at adapting them to the current
context, facilitating their implementation and consolidating them to form a Code. The
Committee has already been established and the Consultant recruited with the support of the
ILO. The objective is to review the legislative and regulatory texts governing the National
Social Security Fund (CNSS). To achieve this, an inventory of all the legislative and
regulatory texts will be carried in order to update the legal framework regulating this
institution and adapt them to the current Nigerien context. In this regard, a seminar on
dialogue was organized by the Government in July 2018 on the establishment of a national
social protection fund and the first national forum on retirement was held in September
2018;
The establishment of a Nigerien Social Protection Agency (ANMS) by Decree No. 2015474/PRN/MET/SS of 4 September 2015 which resulted in the strengthening of social
protection among workers by increasing the medical coverage. The Strategic Mutual Health
Development Plan aims at contributing to the reduction of maternal, infant and child
mortality through alternative financing mechanisms and community participation in
healthcare. The overall objective is to improve financial access to services and quality
healthcare by community-based mutual health organizations and businesses. The specific
objectives include: extending mutual health coverage to all the regions of the country,
contributing to the improvement of the mutual health environment, strengthening
community-based mutual health financing mechanisms, reinforcing the technical capacity of
mutual health schemes and deepening dialogue among the various stakeholders involved in
the mutual schemes;
Encouraging the beneficiaries of the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) to turn to
insurance companies for the benefit of their employees, especially for businesses which have
the necessary resources;
The study of the total budgetary allocation for the financing of social protection was
conducted and a basis for cost assessment of options was established in order to support the
thematic working groups. The objective of this cost assessment was to calculate, analyse and
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