NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Press release
WE WILL ADHERE TO OUR MANDATE IN RESPONDING TO
HUMANITARIAN NEEDS… new DG NEMA
The Director General of National Emergency
Management Agency, Engr. Mustapha Maihaja has said the agency would adhere to
its mandate in responding to humanitarian needs in the country which is the
coordination of disaster management including humanitarian crises.
He stated this at an interactive meeting with
humanitarian stakeholders at the weekend in Maiduguri, Borno state.
He said “as you are all aware NEMA has a
primary responsibility of responding to emergencies which often occur as result
of natural and human induced disasters. It is also charged with the
responsibility of coordinating humanitarian crisis in the country. North east,
Borno State in particular, is worst affected by the serious and devastating
crisis of Boko Haram insurgency”.
He promised that the NEMA would continue to
provide all the necessary supports for the improvement and rehabilitation of
displaced persons in the northeast in line with its responsibility for
emergency response.
“We have just gathered information with regard
to our short-comings and I intend to sit down with experts to look at them with
the view to solve the problems; we will contact international organizations to
convince them to see how they could increase their supports as well as advising
Federal Government appropriately” ,the DG said.
United Nations’ Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator
to Nigeria, Peter Lundberg told the DG that there were 75 partners working in
the Northeast including UN organizations, International Non Governmental
Organizations and Local NGOs.
Sani
Datti
Head
Media and relations
21st
May 2017
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