NEMA: Nigeria receives 148 vulnerable Nigerians from Niger Republic

According National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Nigeria has received 148 vulnerable Nigerians, including infants from Niger Republic.

As reported by the Diaspora Digital Media (DDM), NEMA in a post on its X formerly Twitter page, in the early hour of today wrote: “The NEMA Lagos Territorial Office (LTO), alongside other key stakeholders, welcomed a new group of returnees repatriated from Niger Republic on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, with support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).”

“The returnees landed at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Cargo Terminal, at approximately 2:15 PM on Skymali flight ER-CTZ, with a total of 148 individuals.”

“The group included 120 adult males, 9 adult females, 10 male children, 7 female children, and 2 infants.”

“Due to heavy rain, there was a brief delay in moving the returnees from the aircraft. Once the weather cleared, officials from the Nigerian Immigration Service arrived, and the aircraft handlers provided buses to transport the returnees to the biometric registration center for documentation. Other stakeholders present included representatives from NCFRMI, IOM, and FAAN,” the statement concluded.

Know more about NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), is an agency in Nigeria. The agency focuses on disaster management in all parts of the country. It was established in 1999, and functions to formulate policies relating to disaster management in Nigeria.

The agency coordinates with state-level emergency agencies called States’ Emergency Management Agencies, such as the Edo State Emergency Management Agency.

These agencies were authorized by the NEMA act which created the national service. As of 2011, 26 of the 36 states of Nigeria had state level agencies.

Functions of NEMA

The NEMA Act vested the power of overseeing fiascos in Nigeria NEMA. As indicated by the empowering regulation; the Organization will among different things figure out strategy on movements of every sort connecting with the catastrophe the executives in Nigeria and co-ordinate the plans and projects for productive and impact reaction to fiascos at public levels.

Mission Control Centre (MCC) of NEMA

The mission Control Center is situated in the Central command of NEMA which is a computer structure satellite innovation that utilizes the COSPAS-SARSAT tech framework/facility.

The framework is intended to pick trouble cautions and area information to aid search and salvage activity, utilizing rocket and ground offices to recognize and find the signs of misery reference points working on 406 MHz.

At the point when there is a trouble alert from the guide situated on a boat or airplane, the satellite framework communicates the sign to the ground fragment offices from where the information is handled and sent to the fitting Mission Control Center (MCC).

Geographic Information System (GIS)

NEMA laid out a useful geography information system lab for early advance notice and accuracy in light of the administration. The lab gathers spatial information, analyze them and plans valuable data that assists with helping reactions to problems. It is one of the huge offices of the organization for its debacle risk decrease program.

Mobile clinics

Time is a vital component in solving problems of the board. In acknowledgment of this, the organization acquired endorsement and obtained offices for versatile facilities that have been decisively positioned in Abuja, Kaduna, Lagos and Port Harcourt to be conveyed in case of any serious debacle.

While game plans are on to secure a greater amount of the facilities, the organization has likewise obtained a lot of ambulances positioned in Abuja and every one of the six zonal workplaces.

Departments

NEMA has various departments, including Office of the Director General, Admin and Supply, Finance and Accounts, Planning, Research and Forecasting, Relief and Rehabilitation, and Search and Rescue.

Initiatives

NEMA conducts assessments of flood impacts, distributes relief materials, and provides support to affected persons. They also organize sensitization programs focused on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and collaborate with international organizations, like the International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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