The Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, KADSEMA has announced its five-year (2021-2025) contingency plan on curtailing the impact of disasters in the state.
Presenting the document in Kaduna to relevant stakeholders in disaster management, the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Abubakar Hassan said the plan was a road map for organisational preparedness with roles assigned to the stakeholders in the document.
Hassan who was represented by Director of Administration, Aminu Adamu, said that the impact of disasters on lives, properties and the environment depended on the state’s level of preparedness, which relied on efficient early warning systems.
On her part, Consultant for the project, Gloria Bulus, said Kaduna state is the first state in the country to produce a contingency plan to assist in emergency response. She also noted that the agency consulted and engaged stakeholders, residents of the state’s 23 local government councils and their 255 wards, to gather data to update and produce the document.
In his closing remarks, Yau Mahmood, KADSEMA’s Director, Relief and Natural Disaster Management, said the agency’s mandate was to coordinate all relevant stakeholders in the state on disaster mitigation and emergency response, hence the need for a contingency plan document as a guide.
