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  • NEMA commences nationwide fire sensitization campaign

    NEMA commences nationwide fire sensitization campaign

    By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

    The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has commenced a nationwide fire sensitization campaign and training campaign.

    Under the leadership of the Director General of NEMA Mrs. Zubaida Umar, the aim of nationwide fire sensitization campaign is to reduce the risk of fire outbreaks during the harmattan season by engaging key Stakeholders and empowering communities with preventive measures and response strategies.

    The campaign, implemented through NEMA’s Zonal Territorial and Operations Offices, is being conducted in collaboration with the Federal and State Fire Services.

    A key component of the initiative is the training of Emergency Management Volunteers, EMVs, at the grassroots level.

    These volunteers will be equipped with practical knowledge and skills to prevent and manage fire emergencies, addressing the increasing prevalence of fire incidents during the dry harmattan period.

    Recognizing the rising cases of tanker fires, NEMA is also focusing special attention on tanker drivers and related stakeholders.
    Through targeted sensitization programs, these drivers will receive essential training on fire safety, including preventive practices and emergency response techniques.

    Furthermore, the campaign extends to market associations, local businesses, and other stakeholders, fostering widespread adoption of fire prevention measures.

    Speaking about the campaign, the Director General NEMA Mrs. Zubaida Umar highlighted the urgency of proactive measures during the harmattan season, which often poses heightened fire risks. She emphasized that the campaign aims to promote a culture of disaster prevention to protect lives, property, and livelihoods.

    According to Umar, the nationwide sensitization effort is a reflection of the commitment by NEMA to empower communities and working collaboratively with critical stakeholders such as tanker drivers, market leaders, and grassroots volunteers.

    The DG NEMA also underscored the importance of collective responsibility in adhering to disaster warnings, preparations, and response mechanisms to mitigate the loss of lives and property.

    NEMA has reaffirmed its commitment to building resilient communities through prevention, training, and collaborative action on fire training.

  • NEMA receives 144 stranded Nigerians from Niger Republic

    NEMA receives 144 stranded Nigerians from Niger Republic

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday received another batch of 144 stranded Nigerians from Niamey in Niger Republic.

    Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, NEMA Coordinator Kano Territorial Office, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano State.

    Abdullahi, represented by NEMA Kano Head of Human Resources, Mr Suleiman Sa’ad-Abubakar, said that the returnees arrived at the airport at about 2:30 p.m

    “The returnees were transported into Nigeria by SKY MALI Airlines, operated by Ethiopian airline B737-400 with registration number UR-CQX”

    He said that the returnees were brought back under the care of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) from Niamey through a voluntary repatriation programme.

    “The program was for the distressed, who had left the country to seek greener pastures in various European countries and could not afford to return when their journey became frustrated,” he said.

    He said that the returnees included 106 male adults, 16 female adults and 22 children (10 females and 12 males).

    Abdullahi noted that the returnees were from different parts of the country – some from Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Abia, Sokoto and Edo – among other states.

    According to him, the returnees would be trained on various skill acquisition programs that will integrate them back to the society and provide them with seed capital to enable them to be self-reliant.

    He advised Nigerians to avoid endangering their lives by travelling to seek greener pastures in other countries, adding that no country is better than Nigeria.

  • UPDATE: Six Dead, Scores Injured As Train Crashes Into Lagos BRT Staff Bus

    UPDATE: Six Dead, Scores Injured As Train Crashes Into Lagos BRT Staff Bus

    At least two staff members of the Lagos State Government have died and several others injured in a collision between a train and a staff bus on the rail track at Ikeja Along, Sogunle area of the state.

    It was learnt that the BRT, which was conveying staff of the state government to work, wanted to cross the rail line when it was trapped by the moving train.

    The spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the incident.

    “Two bodies of female staff (members) of the State Government, have been recovered and several injured persons have been evacuated.

    “The State Government staff bus was trying to cross the PWD/Sogunle rail crossing while the train coming into Lagos from Abeokuta (Ogun State) trapped the bus on its rail,” he said.

  • NEMA evacuates 150 Nigerians from Niger Republic

    NEMA evacuates 150 Nigerians from Niger Republic

    No fewer than 150 Nigerians were yesterday repatriated from Niamey, Niger Republic.

    They were received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

    The voluntary returnees arrived in a chartered aircraft, a Boeing 737-4B7 operated by Sky Mali with registration number FMI 6001 which landed at the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport at about 11:20 a.m.

    The repatriation from Niger was facilitated by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

    The Coordinator of NEMA, Lagos Territorial Office, Ibrahim Farinloye, who represented the Director General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, received the returnees alongside other government agencies. 

    The returnees included 98 male adults, 11 male children and two male infants while there were 24 female adults, 13 female children and two female infants.

    Other agencies that participated in the operation were the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), NAPTIP, FAAN, Nigeria Police and Nigeria Port Health Services.

  • NEMA spends N112.1bn for Disaster Management Within 11years

    NEMA spends N112.1bn for Disaster Management Within 11years

    Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, yesterday said NEMA spent N112.1bn on disaster management in the last 11 years.

    He stated this while making a submission before the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the accruals and utilisation of the Ecological Fund.

    He said the agency received a sum of N110.4bn within the same period.

    He said: “Details of the request based on the committee’s template. Number one, 2010 documents could not be sighted as they were vandalized during the ENDSARS protests. 

    “A police extract to that effect has been obtained and is hereby attached.”

  • Why Nigerians 539 Were Stranded In UAE – NEMA

    Why Nigerians 539 Were Stranded In UAE – NEMA

    The National Emergency Management Agency has said most of the Nigerians who were evacuated to the country after being stranded in the United Arab Emirates complained of not being able to get a work permit because of a new policy by the government of the Middle East country.

    Reports have it that 542 Nigerians were evacuated from the UAE and arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday.

    According to NEMA, the evacuees who returned on board Max Air flight consisted of 79 males, 460 females and three infants.

    Speaking to our correspondent, the Head of the Media Unit, NEMA, Manzo Ekeziel, said plans were in place to see the return of more Nigerians stranded in the UAE.

    He said, “The Federal Government received communication and decided to support them back to the country. I don’t know if there’s any diplomatic row or not.

    He continued, “There are some of them that could not come in today but arrangement is on for them to be transported, maybe tomorrow. I’m not sure of the total number of those still left behind.

    “One of the evacuees, Blessing Okorie, from Ebonyi State, interacted with, blamed a new visa policy; and that they could not get a work permit.

    “She said she travelled to that country with valid papers but after some time, according to her, the government of the UAE came up with a new visa policy that made her unable to get a work permit. Because of that, she was sacked from where she was working and, according to her, she had to hustle.”

  • Rep Beni Lar Gives Out N12m Relief Items To Communities

    Rep Beni Lar Gives Out N12m Relief Items To Communities

    Ugar Ukandi Odey, Jos

    House of Representatives Member for Langtang North/Langtang South federal constituency of Plateau state, Hon. Beni Lar, has donated relief materials worth N12 million naira to Kumbwang and Lyanjit communities of Langtang North LGA.
    The two communities had a communal clash over land resulting in loss of lives, destruction of property, and humanitarian crisis as a result of displacement of persons.
    Speaking during the presentation of the relief materials, Hon Lar said the development is as a result of a motion of urgent public importance she presented on the floor of the House urging it to direct the relevant Government agency like NEMA to intervene in the matter.
    According to her, the materials include bundles of Zinc, cement, rice, beans, corn, vegetable oil, and zinc nails, stressing that they were in the communities to sympathize with them and to show that the Federal Government and indeed Nigerians care, and NEMA has responded to their situation.
    “I am very happy that, at last, we can feel the Federal Government generosity and benevolence. I am also happy that the communities have resolved their difference and were able to apply the home grown internal mechanisms to resolve the dispute. As you heard them, they have vowed never to take up arms against each other again”, Lar noted.
    She commended the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for providing relief materials to the people in order to cushion the effect of the crisis.
    Speaking in the same vein, former Executive Chairman of Langtang North LGC, Dr. Joshua Ubandoma Laven commended the warring communities for their resolve to end the communal crises .
    He urged them to continue to pursue sustainable peace for the growth and development of their communities, and emphasized that no meaningful development can take place in an atmosphere of rancour.
    In his own remarks, the Chief Priest of one of the affected communities, Ponfa Peli, commended the effort of Hon. Beni Lar and NEMA for providing succour to the ravaged communities.

  • NEMA Hands Over Relief Material Worth Millions Of Naira To Sokoto Government

    NEMA Hands Over Relief Material Worth Millions Of Naira To Sokoto Government

    By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto

    The relief materials worth millions of naira including 166 metric tones of maize (3,320 bags of 50kg), 142 metric tones of sorghum ( 2,840 bags of 50kg), 62.5 metric tones of millet (1.250 bags of 50kg) were handed over to the Sokoto State Government through the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Mainasara Ahmad who doubles as the Chairman of the Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Sokoto.

    Gani Abdullahi further explained that, while recieving the items on behalf of the Sokoto State Government from the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Secretary to the State State Government Sokoto, Alhaji Mainasara commended the effort of the Federal Government Of Nigeria for the gesture and relief intervention to persons in need in Sokoto State.

    While handing over the materials, the Director-General, Alhaji Mustapha Habib Ahmed appealed to the Sokoto State Government to set up Local Emergency Management Committee (LEMC) in all the 23 LGAs of Sokoto State.

    Alhaji Habib Ahmed also requested the Sokoto State Government to graciously support NEMA by allocating a suitable office accommodation and warehouse to the Sokoto Operation Office of the Agency which according to him will boost the task of the Agency in the state.

    The event was officially organized and coordinated by Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) through the office of the Director-General; Sokoto State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA, Alhaji Nasir Alhaji Aliyu in collaboration with NEMA at national level through the office of Head of operation Sokoto, Kebbi And Zamfara States Zonal Office, Alhaji Aliyu Shehu Kafin-Dangi.

    Personalities who graced the brief ceremony commended Federal Government and pledged for more support in this period of hardship.

  • NEMA Confirms one Dead, 651,000 Displaced in Anambra Flood

    NEMA Confirms one Dead, 651,000 Displaced in Anambra Flood

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of one Ginikanwa Izuoba in the Enugu-Otu, Aguleri flood.

    Acting State Coordinator of the agency in Anambra, Thickman Tanimu, confirmed the incident in an interview in Awka on Saturday.

    Mr Tanimu said the late Izuoba died when his house collapsed due to the impact of the flood.

    He also said that at least 651,053 persons in six local government areas of the state had so far been displaced by flooding.

    Mr Tanimu said that the agency had undertaken an assessment of flooding in different parts of the state, with Ogbaru having the highest number of victims with 286,000 persons.

    He said that Anambra West and East Local Government Areas (LGAs) followed with 237,000 and 103,000 victims, respectively.

    He said that Awka North LGA had 10,345 victims, while Ayamelum had 9,240 flood cases with 5,468 displaced persons.

    Mr Tanimu said that NEMA, accompanied by officials of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), had visited Umueze-Anam, Mkpunando, Umunteze, Igbedo, Inoma Ifite-Ogwari in Anambra East and Anyamelum LGAs.

    “The assessment team observed that the flood has submerged houses, farmlands, schools, health centres, Police Stations and Churches and other critical infrastructure.

    “We did the assessment tour with a boat because the access roads to the communities have been submerged by flood water,” he said.

    Mr Tanimu commended the Anambra SEMA for taking some proactive measures to mitigate the impact of the disaster.

    Some of the measures, he said, included the identification of 13 IDPs camps, recruitment of camp managers and support staff and activation of health workers to work with people in the camps.

    He listed the camps so far activated to include the Ifite-Ogwari and Igbakwu Health Centres, adding that “The assessment tour is the first step the Federal Government has to take.

    “We have reported our findings to the management of the agency and based on that, they can now deploy relief materials as appropriate.”

    He listed clothing, diapers, bedding, sanitary materials and food items, amongst others as part of the relief materials.

    “We once again advise villagers to move to the holding camps to avert further loss of lives,” Mr Tanimu said.

  • NEMA Confirms Rescue of Nine Ladies As Rainfall Sinks Lagos Building

    NEMA Confirms Rescue of Nine Ladies As Rainfall Sinks Lagos Building

    Nine persons have been rescued from a sinking building in the Maryland area of Lagos on Monday, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said.

    The Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the agency Ibrahim Farinloye confirmed the development in a statement.

    He said, “NEMA received a distressed alert on a sinking storey building where nine people are said to be trapped. The building is located at 47 Akinwunmi street, Akinwunmi North, Estate Mende, Maryland, Ikeja.”

    “All nine trapped ladies have been successfully rescued,” he added.

    The NEMA official quoted one of the rescued persons identified as Ms Blessing to have said the affected are mostly ladies.

    Farinloye explained that “the landlord of the building had used a ladder to escape but NEMA questioned him for failure to contact emergency responders instead of one of the trapped victim’s office contacting the agency”.

    He said: “The landlord just returned to the scene and he has been handed over to the Police for leaving the vulnerable ladies. About 35 buildings on Akinwumi Estate, 31 buildings on Arowojobe Estate, and Ebun Otti Estate are seriously impacted”.

    Other agencies who were on the ground include the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA); the State Fire Service, and Police Disaster Management Unit.

    The early morning rainfall, which lasted about four hours, caused floods in many Lagos communities.