Disaster management: Gov Lawal says Zamfara is committed to working with NEMA

Governor Dauda Lawal has reaffirmed the Zamfara State Government’s committedness to continuing its concern with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

The Governor attended the 2025 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and the motorboat of the related strategy connected Monday astatine the NAF Conference Centre successful Abuja.

A connection by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON, led the authoritative motorboat of NEMA’s strategical program (2025 – 2029), the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategy (2025 – 2030), and the Action Plan (2025 – 2028).

The connection added that the lawsuit with the taxable ‘Fund Resilience, Not Disaster’ gathered each stakeholders crossed Nigeria.

In his goodwill message, Governor Lawal praised NEMA for organizing a timely dialog and for their dedication to enhancing Nigeria’s catastrophe hazard absorption framework.

He said: “Disasters hap successful a vicious rhythm wherever 1 catastrophe fuels another. Our acquisition underscores the saying that nary hazard is genuinely isolated; it is interconnected, and managing it requires a strategical approach.

“Therefore, I besides commend you connected the ceremonial Launch of your 5-year strategical plan, tagged “The National Disaster Risk Strategy 2025 to 2030.

“As we motorboat the Strategic Plan and deliberate connected backing models, I impulse each stakeholders to deepen collaboration and guarantee that nary stakeholder is near down successful our corporate effort to physique a safer, much resilient Nigeria.

“The taxable of today’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, ‘Fund Resilience, Not Disasters,’ indispensable beryllium transformed into factual plans during this roundtable.

“To guarantee sustainability, it is important to physique resilience successful funding, arsenic catastrophe absorption is simply a dynamic and evolving process. Funding mechanisms should beryllium dynamic, flexible, and readily available.”

Governor Lawal further added that Zamfara faces galore disasters

And emergencies, some earthy and man-made, specified arsenic insecurity, fires, displacement, mining shaft collapses, floods, and different adverse effects of clime change, among others.

“Through it all, we tin ever number connected NEMA to beryllium determination arsenic portion of the management, recovery, reconstruction, and mitigation efforts. Therefore, I convey you connected behalf of the Government and People of Zamfara State for your efforts and interventions and for ever being determination successful our times of need.

“The Zamfara Emergency Management Agency (ZEMA) has been granted greater powers to heighten its exigency response. We are integrating catastrophe hazard absorption into governance done aboriginal informing systems, assemblage engagement, and organization reforms, arsenic we judge systemic resilience starts astatine the sub-national level.

“Before I conclude, I privation to explicit our sincere appreciation to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, for his enactment during these challenging times.

“I besides widen my gratitude to my brother, Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima GCON, for his support, and to Zubaida Umar, the Director General of NEMA, on with her squad and each organizations assisting Zamfara successful overcoming our existent challenges.”

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