Don’t reduce FEMA to dept- Pioneer D-G urges Wike

Dr Abbas Idriss, pioneer Director-General of the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency , has urged the Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike against reducing the agency to a department.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that FEMA was established in June 2013, by Section 8 of the National Emergency Management Agency Act of 1999, with Idriss as its pioneer D-G. However, FEMA Establishment Bill was passed by the National Assembly in 2022, but was not assented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari for it to become a law.

According to him, with the current status, no international organisation or a donor will support the department with funds to strengthen its intervention. The pioneer director-general further advised that instead of weakening the FCT emergency coordinating body, it should be strengthened to lead other SEMAs in emergency management, response and mitigation.

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