Worried by the incessant incidence of building collapses, the National Emergency Management Agency has acquired excavators for quick responses in the removal of rubbles and rescue of trapped victims.
The Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, disclosed this when he received a delegation from the International Federation of Surveyors that visited the Agency in Abuja.
Sani-Sidi said the excavators would be stationed in major cities with frequent incidents of building collapses.
The excavators are to be deployed along with the other specialized equipments such as life locator, search cameras and concrete cutters.
He requested the support of professional organizations, including that of the surveyors, to adopt disaster risk reduction in their codes of practices in line with the global paradigm shift to tackle the increasing complexity of natural and human-induced emergencies.
This, he said, would ensure sustainable collaboration among the professionals and other stakeholders in the areas of emergency preparedness, mitigation and response.
Sani-Sidi tasked the surveyors to assist in proper delineation and documentation of land borders to reduce communal conflicts and unnecessary loss of lives and property.
He also called on the surveyors to partner with town planners and environmental protection authorities for sustainable land use planning and environmental management in the country.
He said: “In the recent past, we have recorded series of crises in the form of communal conflicts arising from boundary disputes between hitherto peacefully co-existing groups of people across Nigeria.
“These are occasioned by disagreement between individuals and communities over land boarder delineation.”
Leader of the delegation, Edward Amupitan, said they were in the Agency on technical visit in recognition of its important role as the rallying point on disaster management, which is very important in national development.
The visit was said to be part of activities for the international conference of the Surveyors that holds in Abuja.
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