Tag:disaster risk reduction

Disaster Risk Management

We’re prepared for emergency management – NEMA

Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Mustapha Ahmed, says the agency is better prepared to provide a well coordinated and timely response to...

Michael Simire - August 7, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

China launches emergency floods response, plans national water parks

The China National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Emergency Management on Thursday, August 4, 2022, jointly initiated a Level IV emergency...

Michael Simire - August 4, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

NiMet seeks synergy to reduce disaster risks

To lessen the risks that are associated with weather-related crises in Nigeria; all the relevant bodies responsible for the management of disasters must work...

admin - March 24, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

NEMA, stakeholders strategise to avert, reduce disaster impact

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and stakeholders in disasters management say they are strategising on ways to avert disasters and reduce its impact...

Michael Simire - February 1, 2022

Disaster Risk Management

Govt develops risk mapping assessment tool to reduce disasters

The Federal Government has produced a Risk Mapping and Assessment tool as part of national strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Minister of Humanitarian...

Michael Simire - November 24, 2021

Pollution

Air Pollution: South-South needs special attention – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says residents of the South-South Zone need special attention due to air pollution in the area. NEMA’s Director-General, Mr...

Michael Simire - November 17, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Disaster risk reduction better than managing humanitarian crisis, says FEMA D-G

The Director-General, FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mr Abbas Idriss, says it is more economical to invest in disaster reduction initiatives than to tackle disasters. “Experience...

Michael Simire - November 17, 2021

Climate Change

CSOs list ways to combat climate change, curb disaster risk

Nigerian Civil Society Framework on Paris Agreement and SDGs (NCSFPAS) and Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) in collaboration with other stakeholders in the...

Michael Simire - October 16, 2020

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