Nigeria: NEMA decries poor technology infrastructure in disaster management
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In a call for HFA2 support, the Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Muhammad Sani-Sidi, highlighted some of the challenges facing Nigeria's emergency management: low institutional capability in data generation, risk analysis and early warning services. He also cited a low level of disaster risk participation in the local government and communities where only 53 out of the 774 local governments have had some semblance of an emergency management institution.
In his address at the International Symposium of Integrated Disaster Risk Governance held in Beijing, China, Sani-Sidi also called for the encouragement of the private sector in disaster risk reduction.
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