{"id":18419,"date":"2024-02-22T09:02:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nema-seeks-stakeholders-partnership-in-disaster-management\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T09:02:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T09:02:43","slug":"nema-seeks-stakeholders-partnership-in-disaster-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/nema-seeks-stakeholders-partnership-in-disaster-management\/","title":{"rendered":"NEMA seeks stakeholders\u2019 partnership in disaster management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has called for inter-agency synergy between stakeholders to enhance disaster management in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>The North-West Zonal Coordinator of the agency, Imam Garki, made the call at a Stakeholders Review Meeting of 2023 Disaster Activities on Wednesday in Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>Garki said coordination and synergy among disaster response units and agents was important in managing disasters.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the meeting was aimed at providing vital opportunities for the stakeholders to come together and share project successes and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis meeting will serve as a platform for us to exchange insights , share best practices and forge innovative solutions to mitigate the impact of disasters and enhance our capacity to adapt and recover swiftly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, the acting Zonal Director, North-West Zone of the agency, Ishaya Chinoko, said synergy among disaster response units and agents was important in managing disaster or crisis.<\/p>\n<p>He said the stakeholders need to understand the growing importance of effective disaster preparedness and response in safeguarding communities, infrastructure, livelihood and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Chinoko said, \u201cWe have witnessed the devastating impact of disasters, from windstorm and floods to fires; highlighting the critical need for coordinated efforts and proactive measures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier, the Director, Department of Fire Service and Public Safety, Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, Paul Aboi, said emergency management fell under three categories; the National, State and Local Government.<\/p>\n<p>He said enlightenment was key to disaster management, especially when planning emergency strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Aboi said, \u201cWe can not avoid natural disasters, but we can reduce them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NEMA seeks stakeholders\u2019 partnership in disaster management<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has called for inter-agency synergy between stakeholders to enhance disaster management in Kaduna State.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6172,15],"tags":[6173,180],"class_list":["post-18419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nema","category-news","tag-nema","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}