Development • Data • Leadership
I am Jeremiah Iyasco, a development and humanitarian practitioner working across monitoring, evaluation, accountability, digital data systems and capacity development — with more than seven years of field experience in northern Nigeria and beyond.
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Years of professional experience
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Beneficiaries supported (WFP programme)
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Beneficiaries verified via ODK
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Feedback & complaint cases managed
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Staff & partners trained on DHIS2
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Programme assistants line-managed
Where I create value
Development work becomes stronger when programmes have the right systems, people have the right skills, and evidence is actually used to improve decisions.
At the centre
Better decisions
My expertise
Six areas of practical support for programmes, teams and organizations.
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I support organizations to build monitoring and learning systems that answer meaningful programme questions rather than simply produce paperwork.
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I help programmes use digital tools to make data collection, verification and management more structured and reliable.
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Data only becomes valuable when it can inform a decision.
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Practical experience supporting programmes to establish mechanisms through which communities can provide feedback, raise concerns and influence implementation.
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I help teams examine how their programme systems work and identify practical ways to improve them.
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I design practical learning experiences for development professionals, programme teams, community structures and young people.
Selected impact
Figures drawn from Jeremiah's documented professional experience.
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Professional journey
2017
2018–2019
2020
2021
2022
2022–2024
2024–2026
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About Jeremiah
Jeremiah Iyasco is a development and humanitarian practitioner specializing in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, digital data systems and capacity development.
With more than seven years of experience, he has worked across humanitarian and development programmes involving monitoring, beneficiary registration and verification, baseline and midline data collection, digital data systems, community accountability, peacebuilding, programme coordination and team development.
His experience includes ActionAid Nigeria, WFP-supported programming, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund and Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus initiatives.
Jeremiah combines a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering with postgraduate training in Public Health Education and professional development in data analytics, monitoring and evaluation, DHIS2 and youth leadership.
Working philosophy
How I work
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Clarify the problem, programme, stakeholders and decision that needs to be informed.
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Identify weaknesses in data, systems, processes, skills or implementation.
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Develop the appropriate framework, tool, workflow or intervention.
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Make sure people understand not only what to do, but why and how to do it.
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Support practical application rather than producing documents that sit on a shelf.
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Turn information into evidence and useful insights.
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Identify what worked, what did not and why.
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Turn evidence and learning into better decisions.
Training & facilitation
Effective training should not end when participants leave the room.
Participants leave with
Understand → Practise → Apply → Reflect → Improve
Training topics
M&E Fundamentals · Practical M&E · Results Frameworks · Indicators · Monitoring Plans · Data Quality · Outcome Harvesting · Learning
ODK · KoboToolbox · Digital Survey Design · Digital Registration · Data Validation · Data Management
Excel for M&E · Data Cleaning · Data Analysis · Power BI · Dashboards · Data Visualization
Accountability to Affected Populations · Community Feedback Mechanisms · Complaint Management · Community Engagement
Programme Reporting · Donor Reporting · Results-Based Reporting · Learning Briefs
Youth Leadership · Team Leadership · Goal Setting · Facilitation · Mentoring · Career Readiness
Peacebuilding & youth
Jeremiah's professional experience extends beyond data and M&E into peacebuilding, social cohesion, youth engagement and community accountability.
Structures worked with
Areas of interest
He has designed and facilitated training for youth groups, peace clubs and complaint committees, and supported community structures across multiple wards.
Case studies
Short, evidence-based accounts of work delivered in the field.
Case study 01
Humanitarian programmes require reliable beneficiary information for accurate programme delivery.
4,565 beneficiaries verified using ODK.
Read case studyCase study 02
Large beneficiary programmes require coordinated targeting, registration, distribution and accountability.
51,000+ beneficiaries supported through programme operations.
Read case studyCase study 03
Nutrition programmes require reliable baseline and follow-up information.
2,165+ children and 435 pregnant and lactating women registered, with 60 mobilizers trained.
Read case studyCase study 04
Communities need accessible ways to provide feedback and raise concerns.
4,000+ feedback and complaint cases managed.
Read case studyCase study 05
Digital information systems are only useful when staff can actually use them.
50+ staff and partners trained.
Read case studyCase study 06
Humanitarian, development and peace programmes require coordinated monitoring and evidence.
Supported targeting and selection of approximately 32,000 beneficiaries in Bursari.
Read case studyInsights
Practical observations from monitoring, data and accountability work.
Why many M&E systems collect data but fail to produce useful decisions
Planned article
What good data collection looks like in humanitarian programmes
Planned article
Five data-quality problems NGOs should catch before reporting
Planned article
Why monitoring should be more than compliance
Planned article
From Excel sheets to decision-making systems
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What young development professionals should learn beyond M&E theory
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Who I work with
Strengthen M&E, data and accountability systems.
Support field monitoring, data quality, learning and capacity development.
Support data collection, monitoring, reporting and learning.
Build practical systems that match available resources.
Deliver practical professional development.
Build M&E, data, leadership and career-readiness skills.
Provide technical support in M&E, data, field research and training.
Development challenges are rarely solved by data alone. They require people who understand the problem, systems that work, evidence that can be trusted and the willingness to learn and improve.
Jeremiah Iyasco
Development • Data • Leadership