NEMA Strengthens Staff For Effective Disaster Management

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said it was set to strengthens the capacity of its staff for effective and proactive disaster management in the country.
NEMA ‘s Director General, Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, disclosed this at a five-day retreat with the theme “Re-Engineering the Agency for Effective and Proactive Disaster Management” in Minna.
The Tide source reports the training aimed at re-designing the agency had participants drawn from NEMA, Minna Operations Office.
Maihaja, who was represented by Assistant Director in the Agency, Mr Bashir Garga,disclosed that the training was held simultaneously across the agency’s formations in the country.
He said that the training was to avail staff of the agency the opportunity to rethink, refocus and reposition them towards effective performance.
Head of Operations of NEMA, in charge of Niger and Kwara, Mrs Lydia Wagami, said staff training and retraining was the most effective vehicle to acquiring latest knowledge on disaster management.