The Senate has mandated its Committees on Special Duties, Ecology and Climate Change and Environment to investigate the effectiveness of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA in its disaster response activities in 2019.
This was sequel to a Point of Order raised by Yaroe Binos at a plenary in a motion entitled “The need for immediate disaster response by NEMA to communities in Demsa, Numan, Guyuk and Lamurde Local Government Areas of Adamawa, severely affected by flooding in October.”
The Upper Chamber also directed NEMA to immediately implement a response programme for the flood disaster that affected various communities of Demsa, Numan, Lamurde and Guyuk Local Government Areas of Adamawa, as per the detailed submission of the disaster made to NEMA.
All the resolutions were adopted by the Senators after a voice vote by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan
