By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA) on Thursday commenced the profiling of hazardous points in the 23 local government areas of the state for emergency response.
Abubakar Hassan, Executive Secretary, KADSEMA, made this known at the strategic meeting with the vice-chairmen and directors, Education and Social Development (EDS) from all the local government areas of the state.
Hassan said the meeting is part of the structures to review the state’s Emergency Contingency Plan by profiling hazardous points in different communities to reduce the vulnerability to disasters.
Hassan said that communities needed to be impacted with knowledge as to know the hazards around them and to know what to do to mitigate the occurrence of disasters arising from such situations.
According to the official, the EDS are permanent structure within the LGA’s that will always bring the incumbent chairmen up to speed on emergency structures.
Hassan stated that the project was in collaboration with the Nigeria Early Recovery Initiative (NERI) with full funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
In his remarks, Imam Garki, North-West Zonal Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) called on the participants to take ownership of the programme by contributing all they could, as it would be beneficial to the people of the state and Nigeria.
