The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Nigeria on Tuesday visited the Governor of Anambra State on emergency management over seven local government areas submerged due to flood in 2012 and 2015.
The Anambra State Governor, Mr Willie Obiano, has appealed to the Federal Government to show visible commitment towards fulfilling its earlier promise to build Centre for Flood Emergencies at Nzam in Anambra West Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Obiano made the appeal when he received a delegation from NEMA during their courtesy visit to the Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia.
The leader of the delegation and the Southeast Zonal Director of NEMA, Mr Martin Odenya, assured Governor Obiano that the agency would introduce new initiatives that would engender a paradigm shift from disaster management to disaster risk reduction.
He also commended the Governor for the support he extended to State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) as an implementation arm of the Federal Government which needed to functio well for NEMA to succeed.
The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Mr Paul Odenigbo, said the visit would further strengthen the synergy and cordial relationship that had existed between the two bodies in the task of emergency control and management.
