Speaking at the Core Course program for Humanitarian Assistance for West Africa, the Deputy Director-General of NADMO in charge of Technical services and Reforms, Seji Saji Amedonu, said there should be a well mapped out plan on the collection and distribution of relief items.

[contextly_sidebar id=”7feHIpTTZf1fSZhEI6MSagQKO7BBnlqk”]He noted that the best step ECOWAS should take in the direction of disaster management is to have a standby emergency response team capable of responding to disasters on time.

“For ECOWAS to mitigate the impact of emergencies, ECOWAS should have all the database of all the humanitarian assistance capabilities of all members to know which member states to fall on for a particular support,” he said.

Several states in West Africa donated relief items to Sierra Leone following a mudslide that claimed several lives in that country in 2017.

The National Disaster Management Organisation [NADMO] in 2015, said it would help set up a National Disaster Management Fund and also improve on picking up early warning signals.

NADMO pushes for L.I. to improve disaster management

Meanwhile, NADMO says it is in the process of presenting a proposal to Parliament for a legislative instrument that will regulate the construction of buildings in the country, and make sure every institution has a disaster management plan.

According to NADMO, most buildings are structurally deficient, making them prone to disasters.

The National Disaster Management Organization [NADMO], says it is in the process of presenting a proposal to Parliament for a legislative instrument that will regulate the construction of buildings in the country, and make sure every institution has a disaster management plan.

According to NADMO, most buildings are structurally deficient, making them prone to disasters.

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According to NADMO, most buildings are structurally deficient, making them prone to disasters.

[contextly_sidebar id=”hIqNevOlrz7KGVWojWHM2ny0fAHIJ4WH”]Speaking to Citi News, Deputy Director of NADMO in charge of Technical and Reforms, Seji Saji Amedonu, said he is optimistic the law would be passed by end of the year to reduce the enormous effects of disasters on these buildings.

“All public institutions would have to meet some disaster management requirement, which is captured in the new law, Act 927. In a new public building, you must have a water hydrant, you must have a proper exit so that in case there is any problem the management of the situation will not be too difficult,” he said.

According to him, what NADMO is doing is to provide a new law that ensures that property owners have every requirement before they put up the building.

“The new law gives us the mandate to make sure every institution has a disaster management plan, NADMO is now going to issue another certification, so that you present your plan to NADMO if it is a public building, so NADMO will look at it and find out whether your plan  meets disaster management requirement, so there will be inspection too after the approval of the plan,” he said.

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), says it has intensified its educational programmes to ensure the safety of lives and properties ahead of the rainy season.

“This year, it is looking like the rains are coming in much earlier than expected, quite a number of the flood we have is as a result of man-made activities, sanitation issue is one,” he said.

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