Mustapha Maihaja, Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday gave assurance that the Federal Government would soon deploy post-disaster damage assessment teams to states impacted by flood.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the distribution of the food items was in conjunction with the Anambra government at Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state.
NEMA Director-General, Mustapha Maihaja, stated this in Abuja during the opening ceremony of a 4-day training on Comprehensive Victims’ Evacuation and Handling of Casualties.
Maihaja denied the allegation while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, where he shed more light on activities and interventions of the agency.
Mustapha Maihaja, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, on Monday supervised the distribution of food items to about 480 persons displaced by flood in Niger.
The National Emergency Management Agency has dismissed the alleged violation of public trust against the agency by the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Management.
The House of Representatives on Thursday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to relieve the Managing Director of National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Maihaja of his duties over alleged mismanagement of resources.
NEMA Director-General, Mustapha Maihaja, who monitored the distribution of the materials to the victims at the IDPs camp in Lokoja, said that they were the second consignment being released to the state and other affected areas across the country.
Alhaji Haruna Rigoji, Executive Secretary, Katsina State Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this during the distribution of relief materials to the remaining IDPs who are victims of flood disaster in Jibia town.
Karlsen said this on Friday in Abuja at a joint news conference by the European Commission in Nigeria and the National Emergency Management Agency.
The National Emergency Management has declared five more states: Adamawa, Taraba, Kebbi, Bayelsa and Rivers, as “National Disaster” following the recent flooding that has ravaged the states.
After its assessment, the National Emergency Management Agency has declared 12 States along Rivers Niger and Benue as worst affected by flood disaster this year, while other states are being monitored.
Adamu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said the new directive was conveyed through the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Maihaja.
Mustapha Maihaja, NEMA Director-General, made the declaration during an assessment visit to River Niger on Monday in Lokoja.
Mustapha Maihaja, Director General, NEMA, made this known on Saturday in Abuja during a meeting of NEMA with stakeholders to assess the reports from the fact finding committees after visiting the flood prone states.
Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari’s directive followed a warning by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency that Rivers Benue and Niger had almost reached levels that resulted in flooding in 2012.
The Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Maihaja, has placed all Disaster Response Units across the country on red alert due to rise in water level.
Vincent Owen, Director of Planning, Research and Forecasting of NEMA, Abuja, made the urgent call when he visited a flood prone area in Enugwu-Otu in Anambra East Local Government Area on Thursday.
Air Vice Marshal Nnamdi Ekeh, the Air Officer Commanding, Logistics Command, NAF, gave the assurance while recieving NEMA Director Genaral, Mustapha Maihaja, at the Sam Ethnan Base in Ikeja.