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Kano, – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday launched an initiative to take disaster early warning measures to the grassroots level for sustainable socio-economic growth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the launch was performed by the agency, in collaboration with the Kano State Government. In a speech at the ceremony on Thursday in Kano, the Director General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Habib-Ahmad, said that there was an urgent need to take proactive steps to avert flooding in the country. According to Habib-Ahmad, based on predictions by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency, there is high probability of flooding across the country. “I am very confident that the existence of State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) in all the 44 Local Government Areas of Kano, will enable NEMA to work closely with them. “This will further downscale flood early warning systems to the grassroots to safeguard our national food security and ensure sustainable socio-economic growth in Nigeria,” he said. He further said that based on its mandate of disaster risk management, …

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By Ruth OketundeAbuja, – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has warned motorists against driving on road shoulder and speeding during the festive season to avoid road accidents. Mr Justin Uwazuruonye, Head, NEMA’s Abuja Operations Office, gave the warning at a stakeholders interactive training on the use of extricating tools on-board the rapid response vehicles and other equipment in Abuja. Uwazuruonye said that the essence of the training was to enlighten the participants on the use of the tools to enable them to handle disaster victims in a professional manner. According to him, one agency cannot achieve traffic incident management, as such, it is important to sharpen their skills when carrying out their task of saving lives during disasters. “The essence of the training is to make sure that they have the capacity to respond effectively and efficiently and also to manage the equipment. “Recently, we noticed that so many Nigerians do not obey traffic rules and they don’t even pay attention to traffic signs and symbols. “Some of them do not even know that driving on the shoulder of …

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By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu Awka, – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the Disaster Response Unit (DRU) of the Military has commenced Aerial view operation to ascertain persons displaced or trapped by the rising floods in Anambra. Mr Thickman Tanimu, Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, South-East, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Awka, that it would aid the airlifting of trapped persons in the affected communities. “Search and Rescue (SAR Operations) has commenced today. The Military DRU have engaged and have started ‘Air Recce’ or Aerial view to collect imagery intelligence of the affected communities. “This will help to accertain displaced and trapped persons who need to be evacuated to pave the way for air lifting,” he said. Tanimu said that the Presidency and the Director-General NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, while commiserating with the state government and flood victims including the bereaved, approved the relief materials. He said that the relief materials would be presented directly to flood victims on Tuesday. “The delay in arrival of the relief materials is due to the flood disaster that cut off Abuja …

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By Rita Iliya Minna – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday  called for stronger partnership with journalists on reporting disaster occurrence in Niger state. Mrs Lydia Wagami, Head, NEMA Minna Operation Office, made the call in Minna during a one-day forum with journalists. She said forming a synergy between both parties has become imperative because an effective and transparent reporting is a vital condition for a just and harmonious disaster management. Wagami said as a result of this the media is an integral part in disaster management as information on disaster occurrence were being disseminated to the public through the media. “The meeting is to create synergy and better collaboration between NEMA and media houses. It is to also provide a forum for various gaps to be close and have a better understanding of one another. “This is especially to let the media know of the role they are expected to play while reporting disaster, this is to always confirm the actual number of casualties when there is disaster before feeding the information to the public,” she said. …

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By Rita Iliya Minna – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called on government and NGOs to come up with measures that would promote disaster mitigation and management in the country. NEMA Head of Minna Operation Office, Mrs Lydia Wagami, in a statement in Minna on Sunday gave the advice at the commemoration of the 2019 International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR). IDDR is a day set aside by the United Nations to focus on how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and the importance of reigning in the risk. Wagami urged relevant stakeholders to come up with a disaster mitigation and management approach that would reduce damages on social infrastructures. According to her, the call is in line with the theme for this year’s IDDR titled “Reduce Disaster Damage to Critical Infrastructure and Disruption of Basic Services”. She said the theme was a continuation of the “Sendai Seven” campaign, which centres on the seven targets of Sendai Framework. “The aim is to focus on the target of the Sendai framework which highlights …

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By Kola Adeyemi Lokoja – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has flagged off distribution of free fertilisers to farmers that lost their farmlands to the 2018 flood in Kogi. Mr Oluwatope Ajayi, the agency’s Team Leader for Emergency Agricultural Intervention Fund (EAIF) in the state, made this known on Monday in Lokoja. According to Ajayi, the distribution is being carried out under the Federal Government’s Emergency Agricultural Intervention Fund. The exercise was flagged off in Kogi Local Government area of the state by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Kehinde Oloruntoba. Ajayi noted that 16,059 farmers spread across nine Local Government Areas of the state would benefit from the gesture. He said that each of the farmers would receive between five to nine bags of NPK fertilisers, depending on the acreage of their farms. The team leader, however, said that only rice, cassava, maize, yam, sesame seeds, soya beans, would benefit from the free fertiliser distribution scheme. “This is a follow-up to the seeds, agrochemicals, sprayers and other agricultural inputs distributed earlier free of charge to the farmers,’’ Ajayi said …

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