NEMA warns Kogi communities on NIMET prediction

The coordinator of NEMA, Abuja Zonal Office, Mr Ishaya Isah Chonoko, made the call in Lokoja during a one-day interactive forum on the implication of NIMET’s 2015 seasonal rainfall prediction on flood and rainfall-related disaster organised by NEMA in collaboration with the Kogi State Emergency Management Agency (KOSEMA).
He said the agency cannot forget in a hurry the devastating effects of the 2012 flood disaster in the state despite its early prediction, hence the relevant stakeholders in the state should be alive to their responsibilities to enable the society curb the danger inherent in disaster incidents.
Chonoko who was represented by Mr Bitrus Samuel, the zonal coordinator, said the forum was to educate key stakeholders in disaster management within the state so that they can go back to their community to sensitise the general public on disaster prevention and control.
“The 2015 forecast will have impact on health, agriculture, water and sanitation. The state will experience heat and other heat related illness. The focus of the forum shall be to ascertain what each relevant department and agency has done with NIMET’s prediction.