The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that auto crashes top the chart of causes of death in the country.
NEMA North-west zonal coordinator, Alhaji Musa Ilallah, stated this yesterday at the 2013 workshop with stakeholders on mass casualty handling in Kaduna.
Ilallah said the statistics released by FRSC on road related crashes in the country is worrisome, adding that the increase in deaths through road accidents further compounds response to disasters.
“Deaths through road crashes top the chart of the causes of human lives loss in the country. NEMA as an agency of the Federal Government found it expedient to organise this forum with a view to sensitising members of the public in order to engineer a proactive approach to disasters risk reduction strategy,” Ilallah said.
Ilallah said the workshop is in continuation of NEMA’s efforts in mitigating the impact of large scale emergencies, especially during the Ember months of September, October, November and December and also during festive periods like Sallah, Easter, Christmas among others.