The Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA), in partnership with the Kano State Emergency Administration Company (SEMA), just lately engaged key stakeholders to strengthen coordination and enhance emergency response efforts.
Dr. Nura Abdullahi, Coordinator of NEMA’s Kano Territorial Workplace, shared this throughout a one-day Stakeholders’ Coordination Assembly held on Tuesday in Kano.
He highlighted that the assembly supplied an important platform for exchanging concepts, particularly given the escalating threats disasters pose to financial and social stability.
“Bringing stakeholders collectively has bolstered our dedication to catastrophe threat discount and preparedness,” Abdullahi acknowledged, emphasizing the significance of collaboration. “This assembly is crucial for enhancing our collective skill to handle emergencies successfully. We proceed to witness frequent and extreme incidents, together with floods, constructing collapses, and transportation accidents.”
Abdullahi additional underscored the need of cooperation with stakeholders to cut back neighborhood vulnerability to varied hazards, warning that delayed or insufficient actions might typically worsen emergency conditions.
He reaffirmed NEMA’s dedication to fulfilling its mandate by participating vital stakeholders in catastrophe response and mitigation efforts.
Alhaji Isyaku Abdullahi-Kubarachi, Govt Secretary of SEMA, additionally spoke on the occasion, describing the assembly as well timed.
“Preparedness saves lives, livelihoods, cash, and property,” he acknowledged. “It’s a incontrovertible fact that we can not cease disasters, particularly pure ones, however by means of cautious planning and preparedness, we will considerably cut back their influence on our communities and even avert man-made disasters.”
He famous the formation of a high-powered committee, led by Deputy Governor Aminu Abdussalam, tasked with clearing drainages throughout all 44 native authorities areas to stop flooding within the upcoming wet season.
Mr. Abdulhadi Tukur, Head of Analysis and Rescue at NEMA’s Kano workplace, introduced a paper titled “Overview of Coordination in Catastrophe Waste Administration,” offering insights into efficient waste administration throughout disasters.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that the assembly was attended by representatives from the Nigeria Police, NSCDC, Nigerian Pink Cross, Kano State Hearth Service, Media, NiMet, Nigeria Military, NEMA, SEMA, and Kano State Ministry of Well being, amongst others.
