Following the heavy flooding which rocked many states across the country, the Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar has activated all Zonal, Territorial and Operation offices of the agency nationwide, to work with the States’ Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs) within their area of responsibilities, to carry out rescue operations and conduct assessment of the situation.
A statement from the agency on Sunday, said the NEMA Zonal, Territorial and Operation offices are located in Lagos, Ibadan, Ekiti, Abuja, Minna, Jos, Enugu, Owerri, Port Harcourt, Edo, Uyo, Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Yola and Gombe.
At the headquarters, NEMA said it also operates a toll-free emergency contact line: 0800CALLNEMA (080022556362) in addition to all its social media platforms, through which feedback from members of the public can be received nationwide.
Consequently, NEMA said search and rescue officers have been deployed across the states, and have been providing the much-desired support in coordination of rescue operations with SEMAs and other stakeholders in recently flooded areas and communities.
The agency also said it is conducting a rapid assessment to determine any further assistance that may be required in the impacted communities
The agency also said that soon after the flood prediction, all state governments with the list of local governments that are at risk and outlined actions required to be taken to avert or mitigate the disaster.
NEMA reemphasise the flood warning while calling on all stakeholders including the state and the local government, to be prepared for the intensifying of the rain season.
