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Collaboration with govt agencies checkmates disaster – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said its partnership with other government establishments has helped in tackling disasters. NEMA’s Principal Search and Rescue Officer, Ekiti State Office, Mr. Simisaye Azeez, said this in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday during a one-day programme tagged: ‘The Role of Media in Disaster Management’ organised for the members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ekiti State Council. Azeez urged journalists to provide accurate data about victims of disasters to avert secondary disasters.

He said: “NEMA influenced the integrating of risk reduction disasters prevention in the school curricular. Disaster can be reduced if people imbibe prevention culture and develop it, it helps to reduce disasters at the grassroots level, where it normally happen.”

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