AS 2025 begins, it is crucial to reflect on the significant events that shaped Nigeria’s emergency and response sector over the past year. The year 2024 was marked by numerous tragedies, including devastating floods, building collapses, fire outbreaks, fuel tanker explosions, and droughts. Adding to these were an earth tremor, deadly stampedes, road and boat accidents, a national grid collapse causing prolonged power outages, and alarming terrorist attacks targeting civilians and security forces alike. Emergency Digest reports that over 300 lives were lost, and 1.3 million people were affected by floods across 33 states in Nigeria. This is according to annual report released by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
Despite the magnitude of these disasters, NEMA provided relief materials to victims and vulnerable populations nationwide. The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), through its Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC),…
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