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Experts and stakeholders have called on governments at all levels in Nigeria to mainstream disaster risk reduction into their plans, policies and programs with a view to actualizing the goals of the Sendai Framework (2015-2030). The advice recommendations featured in a communiqué issued at the end of a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction meeting held in Abuja.
Abubakar Jimoh presents the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)'s strengthened approaches on disaster risk reduction and particularly the mitigating measures against flood disasters such as warning alerts...
A recent statement by Alhaji Mohammed Sani-Sidi, director of the National Emergency Management Agency at the Global Platform in Geneva last week urged governments to build barriers along river banks, move people away from low-lying areas close to rivers, as well as adopt strategic measures to control floods, reports The Tribune...
Dachi Maduako reports that many of the country's buildings are not built to resist natural hazards and highlights the need for laws to be enforced in the construction industry...
Voluntary Commitments
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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.