Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) just lately held a Nationwide Emergency Coordination discussion board to evaluate the affect of latest flooding in Nigeria and to enhance catastrophe response methods. The assembly included stakeholders from varied sectors concerned in flood administration, specializing in implementing mitigation methods following the seasonal local weather predictions and annual flood outlook that indicated a excessive likelihood of flooding.
NEMA’s Director Basic, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, reported that floods have affected communities in 42 Native Authorities Areas throughout 18 states, leading to 44 deaths. She emphasised the necessity for proactive measures to guard residents and reply successfully to affected areas. Mrs. Umar urged all related ministries, departments, businesses, and NGOs to proceed their efforts to scale back the affect of disasters, notably specializing in the continuing flooding and cholera outbreak.
NEMA has elevated efforts to lift public consciousness about flood precautions by way of campaigns on the group degree and by way of media shops. The company can also be selling correct waste administration practices to scale back flood dangers and has activated the Nationwide Emergency Operation Heart to coordinate responses, share data, and analyze flood information.
The assembly aimed to reinforce emergency preparedness and handle public well being considerations, equivalent to the present cholera outbreak. The Head of the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) in Nigeria, Mr. Trond Jensen, expressed assist for NEMA, as did representatives from the Nigerian navy and different stakeholders.
Lydia Madu, Head of the Emergency Operation Centre, supplied additional particulars on the flooding’s affect, revealing that 145,744 individuals have been affected, 55,030 displaced, 367 injured, 19,660 homes broken, and three,473 hectares of farmland affected.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA), Nigeria.