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Operatives within the building industry have called for review of current approaches to curbing structural failures, most of which result in collapse of buildings, loss of lives and properties.
Nigeria’s Ebola outbreak revealed how the private sector can support health security, something that must be maintained between outbreaks to limit pandemic risk.
Kogi, Nigeria, lacks the skills, coordination and finance to manage floods. A meeting with stakeholders discussed better preparedness.
Amid Ebola's proliferation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts are concerned about the disease spreading to Nigeria and wreaking havoc. Nigeria could save millions of naira by preventing Ebola and other epidemics, but the current budget of N1.375 billion for public health emergencies falls short of the N27.360 billion needed to reduce risk.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the country is still at risk of another Ebola outbreak because of the ongoing epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and is therefore still making efforts to improve its preparedness.
Ahead of the global talks in Cancun, Mexico next month, stakeholders have approved the Nigeria National Plan of Action on the implementation on Sendai Framework on DRR, structure and framework for the national Platform on DRR and National Policy on Disaster Risk Reduction.
The Coastal Cities at Risk project seeks to develop the knowledge base and enhance the capacity of mega-cities to successfully adapt to climate change risks. In Lagos, Nigeria, journalists recently attended a workshop to build effective communications towards enhancing resilience to climate change.
The National Emergency Management Agency has underscored the importance of synchronising modern and traditional knowledge toward disater risk reduction, reports Guardian Newspapers. The Director, Risk Reduction, Mr Alhassan Nuhu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, speaking against the backdrop of the commemoration of the 2015 IDDR...
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