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Stakeholders Draft New Policy For Disaster Management
Stakeholders in disaster management in collaboration with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has drafted a new policy on national disaster management framework that will help Nigerians respond to issues of disaster and emergency.
The Director-General of NEMA, AVM, Audu Bida (rtd) noted this on Wednesday in Abuja that the need for effective collaborative synergy among stakeholders is to ensure that disaster risk is reduced among others, which has prompted NEMA to undertake a process that will go round the entire country.
Mr Audu Bida said that the preparation of the draft which involves stakeholders is to prepare, reduce and mitigate against the occurrence of all forms of disaster, be it natural or man-made.
“The need for the framework is to identify, specify and align with responsibilities involved and provide a coherent, transparent and inclusive policy for disaster management appropriate for the country as a whole”, he said.
The Director-General also said that the framework is to create a situation where the sense of belonging and ownership by the people is initiated.
He revealed that the line is subsumed by the fact that relevant players in disaster management must be consulted to make inputs in order to have a holistic and workable framework which in the long run would be managed by them.
There is need for all stakeholders in disaster management to make input into the draft document so that it will be open to all that is why we insist on all, disaster managers making input in the drafting of the national framework.
He also said that the disaster management is an all embracing affair that connects as all with a wide multi-disciplinary, muti-stakeholding, multi re-sources, and multi-jurisdictional imperative issue, bringing together the federal, states, local governments, NGOs, private sectors and the communities with respective roles and responsibilities to play in the matter of disaster and emergencies.
The imperativeness of sustainable coordination and integration of all activities necessary to build, sustain and improve the industry’s capabilities to prepare for, protect against, respond to and recover from natural or man-made disaster is paramount to the agency he disclosed.
Bida maintained that the desire of the agency is to strengthen the capability of the Federal, State, Local Government institutions and communities to mitigate disasters in the country, which is part of government effort in managing disaster in the country.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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