2013 national conference on disaster risk reduction

Conscious of the need to build resilience of Nigerian Peoples and communities through a cycle of learning, reflection and action in furtherance of VFL 2013 Marshall plan for disaster risk reduction; delegates drawn from the African Youth Movement, the Global Network for Disaster Reduction National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, the Federal Ministry of Health, the Bayelsa State Government of Nigeria, the Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Influence Africa, Buy Naija, Unemployed Youth Support Group, the Centre for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Galaxy Group and a host of numerous other stakeholders gathered on May 14 2013 at the Benue Hall, Transcorp Hilton to assess the level of disaster risk reduction in Nigeria.