The head of operations, Gombe
state office of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Hajia Anima
Amman has stated that the federal government will not indefinitely distribute
food items to internally displaced persons, IDPs, irrespective of their
locations.
Amman said the agency’s
obligation is to only provide such food items to victims of disasters and IDPs
in a specified period apparently to alleviate their sufferings.
The NEMA head of operation
disclosed this to newsmen during an interview in Bauchi on the sidelines of a
stakeholders’ meeting.
She stressed that the meeting is
timely to enhance ways of mitigating fire, flood and conflict disasters in
Bauchi state.
“FG had since prioritise the
plights of IDPs in most prone areas through distribution of food items to
alleviate the victims conditions but such gesture is for a period of time not a
continues exercise,” he added.
According to Amman, the meeting
with stakeholders is to provide avenues for strengthening disaster management,
threat and recommendations against the menace
She noted that the responsibility
of disaster prevention is not the sole business of NEMA alone but that all
hands must be on deck.
“NEMA alone cannot mitigate any
kind of disaster but it’s the sole responsibility of all stakeholders across,”
Amman stressed.
She therefore sought
stakeholders’ support for the reduction of disasters through the enlightenment
of residents.
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