By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening institutional collaboration with the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) towards enhancing Nigeria’s capacity for coordinated disaster response and public health management.
This renewed partnership aims to integrate health-related interventions within disaster management frameworks, ensuring more effective prevention, preparedness, and humanitarian support to vulnerable populations across the country.
The assurance was given by the Director General of NEMA, Mrs. Zubaida Umar, when she received the Director General of NACA, Dr. Temitope Ilori, and members of her management team on a courtesy visit to NEMA Headquarters in Abuja.
The visit provided both agencies—established around the same period and each tasked with coordinating vital national responses—an opportunity to explore areas of synergy between disaster management and HIV/AIDS control, particularly in prevention, community engagement, and humanitarian support.
In her remarks, Mrs. Zubaida Umar commended the NACA team for their commitment to addressing HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, describing the visit as both timely and strategic. She noted that NEMA and NACA share similar coordination mandates, emphasizing that collaboration between the two agencies could help strengthen resilience, enhance awareness, and improve community-level interventions.
