Flooding: Stakeholders review ‘preparedness’ plans

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in conjunction with the World Bank organised an interactive meeting with other key stakeholders to review flooding preparedness plans.
Speaking at the meeting, the Acting Director General of FEMA, Mr. Mohammed Ibrahim Sabo noted the imperative of proactive measures rather than reactive approach+in tackling flooding.
In a recent statement from
Head, Public Affairs at FEMA, Nkechi Isa, the DG stated that the meeting will enable responders review their response plan in 2022 with a view to improving on their activities.
According the statement, Sabo, while noting that most flood disasters in the FCT were human induced, however appealed to residents to always heed to the early warnings put out by FEMA to mitigate the impact of disasters.
Also speaking, Head of Operations, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Abuja Office, Mr. Justin Uwazuruonye, explained that the meeting was to review emergency preparedness, recovery and response in 2022, what happened, gaps in the response and how to improve.
Similarly, in his remarks, the World Bank consultant, Mr. Al Hassan Nuhu, disclosed that the exercise, which is the pilot and will be replicated in the country’s 6 geopolitical zones.
Nuhu added that the aim of the survey is to assist the World Bank identify areas of assistance to ensure that no live is lost to flooding and that no one is left behind.
Representatives of Local Emergency Management Councils(LEMC) from AMAC, Gwagwalada, Kwali and Abaji as well as community based Organisations participated in the survey.