The Director General Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management (FEMA) Agency, Alhaji Abass Idriss, has emphasised the importance of information sharing among key players in emergency management for optimum performance .
Idriss stated this when he received a delegation from kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (KADSEMA), led by its Executive Secretary, Mr Mohammed Muazu Mukaddas in his office in Abuja.
In a statement which was sent to CAPITAL POST on Sunday by the Head of Relations Unit of FEMA, Mrs Nkechi Isa, he explained that such synergy would be beneficial to both the FCT and Kaduna State as they share a common boundary.
While sharing the experiences behind his success story, Alh. Idriss noted that ‘team work’ played a major role, stressing the need to ‘carry all along’ particularly in the area of information sharing towards better management of disasters and risk reduction in Nigeria.
He urged the Executive Secretary of KADSEMA not to operate on a,civil service structure, but to establish a Forecasting, Response and Mitigation department as well as search and rescue to enhance its operations.
The FEMA boss also charged KADSEMA to be proactive in tackling issues of banditry and other social vices currently ravaging the State.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of KADSEMA, Mr Mohammed Muazu Mukaddas said they were at FEMA to solicit support and the sharing of ideas to enhance disaster management in Kaduna State.
Mukkadis, who under scored the importance of national coordination,added that KADSEMA would soon inaugurate its sub national coordination forum.
