The Federal Government has directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Anticipatory Action Task Force (AATF) and other relevant agencies to activate a national coordination platform for early response to flooding.
Vice President Kashim Shettima issued the directive on Thursday during a meeting of the AATF at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The vice-president said the government must move from reactive disaster response to proactive preparedness as the rainy season intensifies across the country.
He directed the immediate operationalisation of the Fusion and Trigger Room concept within NEMA to coordinate flood monitoring, forecasting and emergency response.
His words: “I am directing that technical consultations begin at once to operationalise the Fusion and Trigger Room concept within NEMA as a national platform for coordination and early action.
“This platform should anchor our monitoring, our forecasting, the activation of triggers, the coordination across agencies, and the decisions that follow from them.”
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