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President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with victims of
natural disasters, especially floods which have ravaged some states of the
Federation recently.
Particularly, there have been more occurrences in the
Southwest and Southeastern parts of the country.
While the President notes that this phenomenon is not
peculiar to Nigeria as is evident in other parts of the world, he assures that
the occurrence, attributable in part to climate change, is attracting his
attention and those of other world leaders as evidenced by series of meetings
and conferences on the phenomenon, the latest of which happened on the margins of the recent United Nations
General Assembly meeting in New York.
Commending the efforts of the National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA) for its intervention activities so far, bringing succour to
victims in different parts of the country, President Buhari expresses concern that there is an overwhelming
recourse to the federal body to come to the aid
of the distressed whenever disasters occur, which should normally not be
the case.
The President reminds other stakeholders of their roles as
spelt out in the policy document on disaster management in the country,
specifically calling on local and state governments to live up to their
responsibilities by coming to the assistance of victims that fall within their
purview.
PMB assures Nigerians of his commitment to issues bordering
on their welfare, promising that his administration is determined to inculcate
better coordination of the plight of the citizenry through the newly created
Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Mgt and Social Devt.
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